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Antarctic Microbes to Tell about Past and Future of Climate Change |
 ...A new research, which was published in the Journal Science, states that the mystery of glacial history of Antarctica may be solved with the help of plants, mites, springtails and worms.
A team of scientists from Britain and New Zealand, outline that the history of the terrestrial plants and animal species living in Antarctica may not have links to current reconstructions of the former glacial ice extent, the roots of ... |
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Biofilm Bacteria Protect Themselves With Chemical Weapons |
 ...and antibiotics, not even phagocytes and our immune system are able to annihilate the biofilm bacteria.
This is one of the major problems in hospitals if biofilms create a community a catheter or implant, surfaces where bacteria may cause a dangerous infection.
Researchers working at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, located in Braunschweig, claim that they have spotted one of the main mechanisms that biofi... |
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Tragic Human Error Lead to Transplantation of HIV-positive Organs |
 ...Several Italian doctors have transplanted to three recipients organs that were infected by HIV. The information was provided by the hospital in Florence. The doctors from the Careggi hospital said that the liver and kidneys of an HIV-positive woman were transplanted after a laboratory biologist mistakenly wrote on a woman's medical records that she tested negative for the virus.
The chief of Careggi hospital, Edoardo M... |
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Happiness Might Appear Before Fortunate Events Occur, Study Says |
 ...atus, and return to a normal level of well being, individual differences still matter. After a revision of the studies, where the most important factor proved to be the adaptation to life events, new discoveries were made to prove the counter evidence.
First of all, it was proved that the level of happiness is not a standstill state only perturbed by negative and positive events. Some major disturbances may affect your h... |
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The most important inventions and discoveries of the humanity |
 ...Mendeleev's periodic table of elements was the most important discovery the humanity made... even more important than the discovery of iron.
The Community has published a list of 10 most important discoveries the humanity ever made. The results of this research were based on answers of a survey conducted by the community.
According to that survey:
- the second most important discovery, following the Mendeleev's pe... |
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Biofuel Vehicles to Put Our Health at Risk |
| ...ly produced from corn, sugarcane and rapeseed. They provide a way of diminishing greenhouse gas emissions if compared to conventional fuels. Despite the fact that biofuels produce carbon dioxide, the plants growing leads to absorption of a similar amount of the gas from the atmosphere. According to a government report, the use of biofuels would result in emissions' reducing by 50-60 % compared to petrol fuels. However, it... |
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Plastic Blood and Airplanes Shifting Shapes – Close to Reality? |
 ...aged in an environmental research, only in the U.S. about 100 billion plastic bags are annually discarded.
Although plastic initially replaced expensive organic materials, bioplastic produced from plants will probably replace materials dangerous for the environment. There already exists the Toyota Motor's I-unit, an electric car almost fully produced from material derived from sugar cane, corn, and the kenaf plant grow... |
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Ten Unnoticed Effects of Global Warming |
 ...hanges in people's lifestyle, strengthened by pollution. The protection against allergens weakens and the results are allergies. On the other side - global warming. It made springs come earlier, thus plants bloom earlier too and produce more pollen. All of this results in a simple axiom: a longer spring equals a longer allergic season.
9. Change of the habitat
Small rodent forest animals are not to be seen on height we ... |
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5-Year-Old Girl - Youngest in the World with Double Lung Transplant |
 ...Just a year ago doctors gave Mariam Imran five months to live. Now, having become the youngest recipient of a double lung transplant in Britain, the 5-year-girl is a picture of health.
The girl suffered from inborn cystic fibrosis, a hereditary disease affecting the respiratory and digestive systems. She was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis being only three months old. The lungs of the girl were covered in mucus, making... |
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Computer Simulation Unveils Unexpected Process on the Surface of the Sun |
 ...ecrets, which are still to be discovered one day. A mathematician from the University of Vienna along with his colleagues astronomers has simulated the solar granulations and has made some surprising discoveries.
According to Herbert Muthsam, professor at the Mathematic Institute at the University of Vienna, the solar granulation is a process similar to the waves of boiling water in a kettle. It is a process during which... |
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The Nobel Prize 2007 Has Been Given Away |
 ...y since 1969).
This year's first Nobel Prize was awarded for medical achievements to three scientists, who have dedicated their researches to genetics. Their researches have brought them to breaking discoveries concerning embryonic stem cells and ways of recombining the DNA code in mammals. These discoveries led to a new technology, named gene targeting in mice. This technology is applied in many areas of biomedicine, wh... |
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Scientists Believe to Have Cloned Monkey Embryos |
 ...rue, researchers will make a major step toward cloning human embryos. This can give vast possibilities for treatment of various conditions such as diabetes or spinal cord injury with the help of transplant tissue formed from stem cells, not fearing that it will be rejected by body.
During cloning, DNA from the adult animal has to be inserted into unfertilized egg. At an early stage of this embryo formation, the stem cell... |
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