Researchers Discover How Green Tea May Prevent Cancer
...-- madewhen the compounds of tea leaves leach into hot water -- would have an effect ontNOX enzyme activity. In studies of cultured cells and isolated membranes of cells, they foundthat black tea could inhibit tNOX activity at dilutions of one part tea to 100parts of water. The green tea infusion...Science Announces Top Ten Research Advances Of 1998
...sly moving people or things to adifferent place-is hot stuff in science fiction, but this year researchers inthe U.S. and Europe teleported information about the quantum state of a particleto a different location, where it was used to help recreate an identicalparticle. This achievement is key for creati...Hopkins Scientists' Sequencing Of AIDS Virus From India Waves A Red Flag For Vaccine Developers
...inIndia, making the country the world's number one hot spot for the disease. Partof India is included in the Golden Triangle, an intense area of drug use andtrafficking, and "that's an important part of the problem," says Ray. "Evenmore, however, comes from heterosexual transmission. "Countries......ble microorganisms have beenfound living in acidic hot springs, buried under ancient permafrost, and eveninside volcanic rocks. Perhaps the most astonishing survivor of extreme living conditions is the commonbacteria Streptococus mitis. Unknown to mission planners in 1967 a small colonyof Streptococus b...Vanderbilt University Medical Center Forms Institute For Coffee Studies
A cup 'o Joe is hot these days in more than the literal sense. Half of Americans drink coffee every day, and in recent years coffee housesfeaturing exotic roasts and flavors have sprung up all over the country. Whilethe beverage has become an essential part of contempor...Gold Finds Life, Energy, Controversy In Earth
...probable, even thoughtheir surfaces are either too hot or too cold to support life. " Subsurface life,...example, in the discovery of primitive microbes in hot oceanvents. "We pulled up bugs from five kilometers down in the granite in Sweden.They were perfect...Largest Acoustics Meeting In History Expected
...compression and expansion in the gas, resulting in hot and cold regions which can then be tapped to chill objects. Werner Lauterborn at the University of Goettingen in Germany ( lb@physik3.gwdg.de ) and his colleagues ran a thermoacoustic design in reverse--by applying a temperature difference across th...Brief Exposure To High Temperature Has Lasting Effect On Nervous System
...sts, maybe what enables the animals to fly in very hot environments. The study, published in the February issue of the Journal ofNeurophysiology, is also the first to use a new technique, allowing scientiststo measure changes in neuronal activity in insects' minute brains. "Scientists hav...Coffee Without Addiction, Possible New Treatment For Osteoporosis, Wrinkle-Free Cotton, And More
...ncy andcarcinogenesis will be explored. Cocoa and hot chocolate also are examined forpossible cardiovascular health benefits. An Improved Form of Ritalin, With New Uses: Researchers will report on a newand more effective form of this drug for hyperactivity and attention deficitdisorder, promising sma......that responds to capsaicin, themolecule that gives hot peppers their bite. Two years ago, the same researchteam identified the capsaicin receptor, which enables us to detect the heat ofchili peppers, as well as temperatures of around 100 degrees. "While the capsaicin receptor is a very exclusive protein,...Botanical Products Act Like Estrogen In Animals, Finds University Of Pittsburgh Team
...ese plants relieve menopausal symptoms, especially hot flashes. However, westill need to conduct further...discomfort. Black cohosh has been shownto relieve hot flashes in European clinical trials. Dr. Eagon's research is supported by a breast cancer research g......associated with the storm and the rapidrise of the hot emissions." A photo gallery of the burn is available on TheOregonian web site at http://www.oregonlive.com/special/gallery/ship/...Report: High Carbon Dioxide Boosts Duke Forest Growth By 25 Percent
...k growing age. Second, open-air studies at Italian hot springs andanother Duke Forest plot suggest that t...ss and Italian researchers treering studies around hot springs near Pisa and Siena, Italy that naturally emitcarbon dioxide and other gases. Those studies,...National Laboratory, National Parks And Forests Leaders Seek To Share Resources
...characteristics of YellowstoneNational Park's many hot springs. "The project generated quite a bit of interest from the forest service people,"said INEEL program manager John Beller. "Not only did it give them an idea ofwhat associated problems they may have in the future from use of theirresources, but......astriate visual regions of the cortex.These oxygen hot spots are produced by the increased blood circulation in theactive regions of the brain. The nerve cells of the superior temporal sulcus(STS), which respond to faces, could also be activated in the same manner.Similar but less precise patterns were f...For DNA, it's all about fitting in
...ingle strands, enveloping them like a bun around a hot dog andknocking them out. The loops are specially resistant to enzymes that chew upDNA, and they've shown promise as antisense agents to knock out the proteinsinvolved in diseases like leukemia and HIV. The laboratory has also mademolecules that can ...Cellular espionage at play in post-menopausal osteoporosis
...in estrogen replacement therapy, it is a source of hot debatein the biomedical community over what cell, molecular and biochemical processesare involved in bone loss associated with declining estrogen levels. Now a group of biologists at Washington University in St. Louis has shown thatlower estrogen lev......address issues of microbial diversity, an emerging hot topic in life scienceresearch. The increasing importance of microbial diversity is spurred bymultiple emerging infectious diseases, the discovery of new microbes withamazing properties, and the rising tide of antibiotic-resistant bacteria....Heatstroke killed four football players during 1998, expert urges precautions
...r vigorous sports should take extra precautions in hot weather toprevent tragedies, the study director sa...and sport science at UNC-CH. "Shorter practices in hot weather andnon-contact drills during which players don't wear helmets can help preventheatstroke and...Scientists discover second gene for disorder described by Darwin
...overy. Zonana and other researchers are presently hot on the trail ofa human gene that is the equivalent of the mouse "crinkled" gene, which lies onmouse chromosome 13 and also produces ectodermal dysplasia-like symptoms. In addition to Drs. Zonana and Monreal, the research team included Drs. BetsyFergu...