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- With millionths of a meter researcher creates technique for measurements using light
- Eating out = high blood pressure?
- Telomeres and cancer mortality: The long and the short of it
- Researchers test smartphones for earthquake warning
- Bacteria tracked feeding nitrogen to nutrient-starved plants
- Microbe produces ethanol from switchgrass without pretreatment
- Breakthrough in cancer research: Cancer-suppressing proteins
| With millionths of a meter researcher creates technique for measurements using light Posted: 12 Apr 2015 05:47 AM PDT Certain scientists, researchers and scholars from disciplines such as biology, mechanical engineering, or the pharmaceutical industry, use elements of the nanoscale (nano corresponds to a billionth of a meter) for their projects . Handling these compounds requires extreme precision tools, as well as high accuracy measurements.  |
| Eating out = high blood pressure? Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:53 PM PDT A recent study on university-going young adults is the first ever to show an association between meals eaten away from home and high blood pressure. These findings highlight lifestyle factors that can affect hypertension and emphasize the importance of being aware of the salt and calorie content in food, to facilitate better meal choices when eating out.  |
| Telomeres and cancer mortality: The long and the short of it Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:53 PM PDT Telomeres are short stretches of repeated nucleotides that protect the ends of chromosomes. In somatic cells, these protective sequences become shorter with each cellular replication until a critical length is reached, which can trigger cell death. At the conclusion of their study, the authors conclude, "We speculate that long telomeres may represent a survival advantage for cancer cells, allowing multiple cell divisions leading to high cancer mortality."  |
| Researchers test smartphones for earthquake warning Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:53 PM PDT Smartphones and other personal electronic devices could, in regions where they are in widespread use, function as early warning systems for large earthquakes according to newly reported research. This technology could serve regions of the world that cannot afford higher quality, but more expensive, conventional earthquake early warning systems, or could contribute to those systems.  |
| Bacteria tracked feeding nitrogen to nutrient-starved plants Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:52 PM PDT An international team of researchers tracked nitrogen as soil bacteria pulled it from the air and released it as plant-friendly ammonium. This process—called biological nitrogen fixation—substantially promoted growth in certain grass crops, offering new strategies for eco-friendly farming.  |
| Microbe produces ethanol from switchgrass without pretreatment Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:51 PM PDT Scientists engineered a strain of a consolidated bioprocessing bacterium that breaks down biomass without pretreatment, producing ethanol and demonstrating the successful conversion of switchgrass cellulosic biomass.  |
| Breakthrough in cancer research: Cancer-suppressing proteins Posted: 10 Apr 2015 06:55 AM PDT Two cancer-suppressing proteins that could hold a key to controlling cancer cell growth and development have been discovered by researchers. The previously undiscovered proteins were found during ongoing research on the ubiquitin system.  |
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