July 2011 Posts (6)

"Mirroring" Might Reflect Badly on You

Not Always Smart to Mimic a Person's Body Language, UC San Diego Study Shows

July 28, 2011

Inga Kiderra

 

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Crusading Nerd Liberates 18,000 Academic Journal Articles

The strange case of activist Aaron Swartz—who…

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Buzz Kills: No Amount of Alcohol Safe to Drive, UC San Diego Study Finds

In the United States, the blood-alcohol limit may be 0.08 percent, but no amount of alcohol seems to be safe for driving, according to a University of California, San Diego sociologist. A study led by David Phillips and published in the journal Addiction finds that blood-alcohol levels well below the U.S. legal limit are associated with incapacitating injury and death.

Phillips, with coauthor Kimberly M. Brewer, also of UC San Diego, examined official data from the Fatality…

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Loss of Large Predators Has Caused Widespread Disruption of Ecosystems

Scripps scientists part of research team studying cascading effects on ecosystems

 

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Grey reef sharks in the Line Islands.

The decline of large predators and other "apex consumers" at the top of the food chain has disrupted ecosystems all over the planet, according to a review of recent…

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Swarming Nanoparticles Communicate to Boost Drug Concentrations Near Tumors

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Scouting nanoparticles (blue) find tumor cells, then broadcast their location. Responding nanoparticles (red) swarm to the location carrying payloads of drugs, concentrating treatment where it is needed.

Like swarming insects drawing crowds to a food source, a system of nanoparticles and engineered proteins can…

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SBIR Awarded for Next-Generation Flow Cytometer and Cell Sorter

NanoSort, Inc. Awarded NIH “Lab to Marketplace” SBIR Grant to Develop Next-Generation Flow Cytometer and Cell Sorter

 

07.12.2011– San Diego, CA — The National Institutes of Health awarded technology start-up NanoSort, Inc. a 2 year, $698,000 small…

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Added by Jose Morachis on July 12, 2011 at 2:06am — No Comments

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