Scientists Discover How Cigarette Smoke Causes Cancer
Everyone has known for decades that that smoking can kill, but until now no one really understood how cigarette smoke causes healthy lung cells to become cancerous.
In a new research report published in the March 2008 print issue of The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org), researchers from the University of California, Davis, show that hydrogen peroxide (or similar oxidants) in cigarette smoke is the culprit.
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February 28, 2008 | Filed Under Health | Leave a CommentLZR Racer - World’s Fastest Swimsuit
A highly specialised computer modelling technique developed at The University of Nottingham has been instrumental in the design of a revolutionary new swimsuit which is now being hailed as the fastest in the world.
Dr Herve Morvan, a lecturer in fluid mechanics in the School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, is working as an advisor to the AQUALAB, Speedo’s competition research and development department, responsible for the development of Speedo’s new LZR Racer swimsuit.
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February 28, 2008 | Filed Under Technology | Leave a Comment15 Metre Long Sea Monster Found in Arctic
The fossil of a 15 metre (50ft) long sea monster found in Arctic Norway is the biggest of its kind known to science. It was twice as big as a killer whale.
The monster had 60 dagger-like teeth in a mouth large enough to bite a small car, researchers say. The lower jaw was about 3 meters (10 ft) long.
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February 28, 2008 | Filed Under Archeology | Leave a CommentNow We Know Why Do We Love Babies
Scientists may have discovered a biological basis for parental instinct.
The discovery may explain why do we instinctively treat babies as special and protect them. It’s all in the brain.
Researchers at Oxford University used a neural scan to find that a specific region of the brain (the medial orbitofrontal cortex, located just above the eyeballs) associated with emotion light up with activity within a seventh of a second of subjects seeing images of infants’ faces.
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February 27, 2008 | Filed Under Medical | Leave a CommentSingle Hair Reveals Where You’ve Been
The chemical structure of your hair can reveal where in the U.S. you’ve been.
According to a new study by University of Utah researchers, water molecules found in human hair closely resemble those in the tap water people drink.
In other words, subtle regional differences in tap water show up in your hair.
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