Items tagged with Human

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Recording Human Impact on Coastal Waters Sunday, December 14th, 2008 - 12:07:09 - Ehud Rattner With their sedentary lifestyles and filter-feeding habits, clams have been silent witnesses to the changes that humans have inflicted upon their... read more

Evolution of Speech Through an Orangutan? Friday, December 12th, 2008 - 16:45:19 - Anuradha Menon Throughout history, human beings have used the whistle for everything from hailing a cab to carrying a tune. Now, an orangutan’s spontaneous... read more

'Cure' Obesity with Fat Destroying Worms Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 - 16:45:23 - Anuradha Menon Usual metabolic process goes awry in recently discovered mutation, burning lipids instead of storing them. A previously unknown mutation discovered... read more

Dysfunctional Human Astrocytes Kill Neurons Friday, December 5th, 2008 - 18:51:10 - Anuradha Menon Long thought of as mere bystanders, astrocytes are crucial for the survival and well-being of motor neurons, which control voluntary muscle... read more

Reversing the Conventional DNA Wisdom Friday, December 5th, 2008 - 12:33:49 - Anuradha Menon The copying of DNA's master instructions into messenger molecules of RNA, a process known as DNA transcription, has always been thought to be a... read more

Study Investigates Mental Overload in Pilots Thursday, November 27th, 2008 - 12:16:55 - Anuradha Menon Have you ever felt as if your brain was so full of information that you couldn't process another thing? Mental overload creates confusion and... read more

Genome's 'Dark Matter' Almost Recognized Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 - 17:56:07 - Ehud Rattner An almost complete catalog of human genetic variation will be available by the end of 2009, thanks to a massive genome sequencing project that... read more

'Junk' DNA Proves Difference Between Humans Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 - 16:14:25 - Anuradha Menon n a paper published in Genome Research on November 4, 2008, scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) discovered that what was previously... read more

Self-Stabilizing Electric Bicycle Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 - 14:07:50 - Anuradha Menon As every five-year-old knows, balancing on a bicycle is not as easy as it looks. But, as engineers know, getting a bicycle to balance by itself –... read more

Human Genes Sing Different Tunes Monday, November 3rd, 2008 - 10:08:36 - Anuradha Menon Scientists have long known that it's possible for one gene to produce slightly different forms of the same protein by skipping or including certain... read more

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