Reprogramming asthma-promoting immune cells

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Reprogramming asthma-promoting immune cells in mice diminishes airway damage and inflammation, and could potentially lead to new treatments for people with asthma, researchers have found.

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Zapping Rocks with Lasers to Save the World

post from Planetary Society Blog on 07 July 2012 06:36:30 PM. © Planetary Society Blog

The Planetary Society Laser Bees project in Scotland is studying in the lab a potential new technique for deflecting dangerous asteroids: laser ablation.

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Japanese Group Transmits Electricity Through
4-Inch Concrete Block

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 07 July 2012 06:18:13 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Engadget: The decision to invest in an electric vehicle would be much easier to justify if the car in question offered unlimited range. That appears to be the concept behind a Toyohashi University research group's wireless power prototype, which can successfully transmit electricity

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Drug-Infused Nanoparticles Are Like Drano for
Your Bloodstream

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 07 July 2012 06:15:34 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From DVICE: When you get a clog in the plumbing in your house, it's often annoying. When you get a clog in the plumbing in your body, it's often fatal. Blood clots can cut off circulation to your brain, causing serious damage, but a new type of nanoparticle might be able to act like Dran

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Two-Armed Robot Takes On Risky Lab Work

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From CNET News: This modified assembly robot has been put to work in the lab, where it's handling dangerous materials to keep people out of harm's way. Read the whole article

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Start-up Attempts to Convert Prof Hawking's
Brainwaves Into Speech

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 07 July 2012 06:08:08 PM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From BBC News - Technology: A US start-up releases its analysis of Prof Stephen Hawking's brainwaves, potentially paving the way to new speech synthesis equipment. Read the whole article

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Blog plugin KCite excites research papers

post from Sciencebase Science Blog on 07 July 2012 04:08:21 PM. © Sciencebase Science Blog

I just discovered the KCite WordPress plugin from a team at my alma mater which lets you improve reference citations in your blog Install and activate the plugin and surround any DOI or PMID number with the following tags: [cite][/cite] and the link becomes automagically active. A mouseover brings up the full citation instantly and [...]

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Sophisticated Robotic Hand Also Doubles As A
Human Exoskeleton

post from Singularity Hub on 07 July 2012 12:43:57 PM. © Singularity Hub

It may be time to jettison the notion that robots in the future will have grippers or claws for hands. [...]

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Genetic connections found between breast size and
breast cancer

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Using data from its unique online research platform, 23andMe, a leading personal genetics company, has identified seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) significantly associated with breast size, including three SNPs also correlated with breast cancer in a genome-wide association study (GWA

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Researchers closer to understanding how proteins
regulate immune system

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Researchers in the biological sciences department in the Faculty of Science at the University of Calgary have revealed how white blood cells move to infection or inflammation in the body; findings which could help lead to developing drug therapies for immune system disorders.

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