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This list explores a variety of fascinating scientific facts that you probably are unaware of. Science is still a very mysterious subject so there are
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- The Scientists discovered a werewolf gene which is behind the Werewolf Syndrome. The Werewolf syndrome is also known as hyper-trichosis
- Bapineuzumab jab was developed by the scientists to cure Alzheimer
- HTR2B, recently discovered by the scientists, is an anger gene which causes violent and impulsive behavior
- Scientists discovered the genetic flaw that explains the reason why flu makes some people seriously ill. They in fact found a human gene called IFTIM3 that influences how people...
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Posted by on Monday, April 2, 2012,
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cancer
Researchers created a new surgical technique to help doctors detect and remove cancerous cells.
The new technique, which lights up tumour cells during surgery. It will help doctors to spot undetectable tumours measuring just a tenth of a millimeter. The new technique tracks tumors and make it glow under fluorescent light. It increases success rate in tricky cancer operations. Researchers used a special camera to highlight cancer cells and display them as green glowing patches on a monitor.
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Scientists discovered a natural preservative that could spell the end of rotting food. Researchers at the University of Minnesota identified the substance, called bisin, which destroys the bacteria that make meat, fish, eggs and dairy products decompose.
The researchers said the preservative could extend the food's life for several years. They claimed that it can even work for opened bottles of wine and salad dressing.
Bisin occurs naturally in some types of harmless bacteria. It prevents... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Monday, April 2, 2012,
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Planet
Astronomers discovered that the planet named TrES-2b was darker than any planet or moon in our solar system. This planet reflects less than one percent of the sunlight falling on it. NASA’s Kepler spacecraft was used by the astronomers to make this observation.
TrES-2b was discovered in 2006 by the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey. It orbits its star at a distance of only three million miles. The star heats TrES-2b to a temperature of more than 1800 degrees Fahrenheit.
TrES-2b orbits ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Priya Nair on Monday, April 2, 2012,
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cancer
A scientist from Iran developed a gas-filled aspirin that can enhance the cancer-fighting ability of the drug. The new Aspirin was dubbed NOSH, which stands for Nitric Oxide and Hydrogen Sulphide. The new Aspirin
reduces the harmful side effects of taking aspirin.
Aspirin is effective against Cancer. But it can also cause bleeding in the gut and ulcers. The gas-filled Aspirin protects the gut from damage by producing nitric oxide and hydrogen sulphide. NOSH-aspirin was 100000 times mor... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Monday, April 2, 2012,
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Leukemia
US Scientists recently developed cells that can destroy leukemia within three weeks. It could lead to new and effective treatments for the fatal blood cancer.
A new technique was engineered that involved leukemia patients being treated with their own T cells. T cells are a type of white blood cell that was genetically modified to attack and destroy tumours within the body of the patient. White blood cells are unable to distinguish tumour cells from healthy tissue, which allows the cancer ... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Monday, April 2, 2012,
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Diabetes
Scientists achieved a major breakthrough in the fight against Type 1 diabetes by developing a treatment which would save the sufferers from a lifetime of insulin injections.
The new treatment was codenamed DiaPep277. It will block the process which causes the body's immune system to attack the
pancreas in people with Type 1 diabetes. The treatment will be available in the markets within three years.
In Type 1 diabetes, the patient's faulty immune system targets the pancreas. Without... Continue reading ...
A metal developed by a team of researchers from University of California at Irvine, HRL Laboratories and the California Institute of Technology is shown resting on a dandelion fluff without damaging it.
With a density of 0.9 mg/cc, the metal, which is about 100 times lighter than styrofoam, is the world's lightest
material. The scientists were able to make a material that consists of 99.99% air by designing the 0.01% solid at
the nanometre, micron and millimetre scales, the 'Science' repo... Continue reading ...
Scientists have created what they claim is the world's smallest car - the size of
which is a single molecule, making it invisible to the human eye.
A team at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands says the only real ways that it
has any visual similarities to a car is that it has four wheels and a barebones internal framework.
The car is powered by electrical pulses that respond to millivolts of energy. For every halfturn of its wheels,
the car needed another jolt of energy. Ev... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Tuesday, November 22, 2011,
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Paracetamol
Manufacturer of paracetamol combination products will now have to print a
statutory warning on the drug boxes stating "Taking more than the daily dose of
paracetamol may cause serious liver damage or allergic reactions".
Besides, the Drug Controller General of India has asked the state licensing authorities
( Food and Drug Administration) not to grant fresh licenses or renewals to products with
combination of paracetamol, containing more than 325 mg per tablet or capsule.
The decision of li... Continue reading ...
Scientists claim breakthrough in treating Parkinson's disease
An ABC report said Australian scientists have now found a way to identify and separate the therapeutic cells from the dangerous ones.
Australian scientists have claimed a breakthrough in the treatment of Parkinson's disease by allowing the body to produce dopamine using stem cells.
An ABC report quoted Lachlan Thompson of University of Melbourne saying that scientists have now found a way to identify and separate the therapeutic... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Monday, November 21, 2011,
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cancer
Cancer 'can go undetected for a decade'
Millions of people carry tumours which go undetected for a decade because they do not shed tell-tale substances into bloodstream, a study claims. Currently available blood tests help doctors identify cancer by the presence of substances which are produced by tumours and seep into the bloodstream.
But a mathematical study by Stanford University scientists in America indicates that it could take a cancer cell a decade or even longer to grow into a tumou... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Sunday, November 20, 2011,
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Mt. Everest
A webcam has been installed at the world’s highest point to get live view
of Mt. Everest to study more accurately the effects of climate change on the tallest peak.
Now scientist can monitor images across the internet.The scientists have installed the
webcam at Kalapatthar, near the base camp of Mt. Everest, at an altitude of 5,675 metres
to study the effects of climate change more accurately.
The solar powered camera installed by the scientists will withstand temperatures as
low as minus ...
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Posted by on Sunday, November 20, 2011,
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Taxonomy
 The practice of naming a new species is called “taxonomy” and can be lot of fun. Taxonomy is the science of classifying organisms. The system currently used by taxonomists is called the Linnaean taxonomic system, in honor of Swedish biologist Carolus Linnaeus (1707 — 1778). The Linnaean system breaks down organisms into seven major divisions, called taxa (singular: taxon). The classifications also tell something about the degree of relation between different organisms. For example, two ... Continue reading ...
.One thousand meters under the sea, where the red wavelength of sunlight doesn't penetrate, red organisms are effectively invisible. But things are trickier in the middle ocean depths, between 600 and 1000 meters, where sunlight can still reveal the silhouettes of colorful sea creatures. So a couple of mid-ocean-dwelling cephalopods—the animal class including octopuses and squids—have come up with a flexible strategy: Start out transparent, but change colors whencertain predators come aro... Continue reading ...
Posted by on Saturday, November 12, 2011,
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VFTS 102
How fast can a star spin? Our sun rotates at a leisurely 2 kilometers per second, but now astronomers have discovered that a star in another galaxy spins 300 times faster—with a record-breaking speed of 600 kilometers per second. At that velocity, an airplane could circle Earth in little more than a minute. The star, named VFTS 102, is hot, blue, and young, residing in the Tarantula Nebula, a huge star-forming cloud of gas and dust 160,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the... Continue reading ...
Oceans are carbon di oxide sinks and represent the largest active carbon sink on earth, absorbing more than a quarter of the carbon di oxide that humans put into the air.Diamonds , during their formation , capture evidence that slabs of the ocean floors descend deep beneath the surface ,recycling carbon between the oceans and the earth's mantle Continue reading ...
Dutch scientists have come up with a self mending plastic ,'supra B', that heals itself when broken without a glue.
Chioldren's toys could be easily put back together even after it is destroyed using this material- suprmolecular polymer, can repair itself simply by holding the two peces together.
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