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Loss Of Sleep, Even For A Single
Night, Increases Inflammation In The
Body
ScienceDaily Sep. 2, 2008
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Loss of sleep, even for a few hours
during the night, can prompt one's
immune system to turn against
healthy tissue and organs, UCLA
scientists have found, based on
measurements of levels of nuclear
factor (NF)-KB, a transcription
factor that serves a vital role in
the body's inflammatory signaling....
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B-vitamin Deficiency May Cause
Vascular Cognitive Impairment
ScienceDaily Sep. 2, 2008
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Deficiency of folate, B12 and B6-
caused cognitive dysfunction and
reductions in brain capillary length
and density in mice, according to a
Tufts University...
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Scientists Grow 'Nanonets' Able To
Snare Added Energy Transfer
ScienceDaily Sep. 3, 2008
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Boston College chemists have
produced nanonets, a flexible
webbing of self-assembling nanoscale
titanium and silicon wires that
multiplies surface area, critical to
improving the performance of the
wires in electronics and energy
applications. Test shows improved
performance in the material's
ability to conduct electricity and
ability to absorb...
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'Invisibility Cloak' Undone
ScienceDaily Sep. 3, 2008
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Chinese scientists have proposed a
theoretical "anti-cloak" that would
partially cancel the effect of an
invisibility...
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How big can a black hole grow?
NewScientistSpace Sep. 3, 2008
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Colossal black holes with a mass of
up to 50 billion suns could be
lurking out there, but that's the
limit, two astronomers have found.
The used the properties of X-rays
and visible light emitted by matter
as it is devoured by black holes to
estimate a black hole's mass and how
quickly it is gobbling up its...
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