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341 articles from TUESDAY 24.1.2012

• TUESDAY 24. JANUARY, 2012
• 00:24 New tool enhances view of muscles

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  Simon Fraser University associate professor James Wakeling is adding to the arsenal of increasingly sophisticated medical imaging tools with a new signal-processing method for viewing muscle activation details that have never been seen before.  

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• 00:24 Powerful people feel taller than they are

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  After the huge 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the chairman of BP referred to the victims of the spill as the "small people." He explained it as awkward word choice by a non-native speaker of English, but the authors of a new paper published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, wondered if there was something real behind it. In their study, they found that people who feel powerful tend to overestimate their own height—they feel physically larger than they actually are.  

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• 00:24 Rate of physician referrals nearly doubled

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  Physician referral rates in the United States doubled between 1999 and 2009, a new study finds, an increase that likely contributes to the rising costs of health care.  

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• 00:24 Researchers develop gene therapy that could correct a common form of blindness

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  A new gene therapy method developed by University of Florida researchers has the potential to treat a common form of blindness that strikes both youngsters and adults. The technique works by replacing a malfunctioning gene in the eye with a normal working copy that supplies a protein necessary for light-sensitive cells in the eye to function. The findings are published today (Monday, Jan. 23) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences online.  

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• 00:24 Researchers look at effects of two common sweeteners on the body

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  With growing concern that excessive levels of fructose may pose a great health risk – causing high blood pressure, kidney disease and diabetes – researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, along with their colleagues at the University of Florida, set out to see if two common sweeteners in western diets differ in their effects on the body in the first few hours after ingestion. The study, recently published in the journal Metabolism, took a closer look at high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and table sugar (sucrose) and was led by Dr MyPhuong Le (now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Colorado) and Dr Julie Johnson, a Professor of Pharmacogenomics at the University of Florida.  

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• 00:24 Researchers quantify muscle soreness

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  Quantifying how sore a person is after a long workout is a challenge for doctors and researchers, but scientists from Loma Linda and Asuza Pacific Universities think they may have figured it out. Their research article describing a new technique to measure muscle soreness will be published in the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).  

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• 00:24 Senator's Twitter account hacked

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  A US senator's Twitter account was hacked Monday and a series of messages sent out to his more than 33,500 followers.  

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• 00:24 Study provides new details of fundamental cellular process

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  A recent Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) study published in the journal Science investigating the molecular structure and function of an essential plant hormone could profoundly change our understanding of a key cell process, and might ultimately lead to the development of new drugs for a variety of diseases.  

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• 00:24 Taking moments to enjoy life helps patients make better health decisions

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  The experience of daily positive affect -- a mild, happy feeling -- and self-affirmation helps some patients with chronic diseases, including coronary artery disease, high blood pressure and asthma, make better decisions about their health.  

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• 00:24 Texas Instrument to close plants in Houston, Japan

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  (AP) -- Texas Instruments plans to close computer-chip factories in Houston and Japan in a cost-cutting move that will lay off about 1,000 workers.  

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• 00:24 Too many tests? Routine checks getting second look

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  Recent headlines offered a fresh example of how the health care system subjects people to too many medical tests - this time research showing millions of older women don't need their bones checked for osteoporosis nearly so often.  

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• 00:24 World's first magnetic soap produced

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  Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a soap, composed of iron rich salts dissolved in water, that responds to a magnetic field when placed in solution. The soap's magnetic properties were proved with neutrons at the Institut Laue-Langevin to result from tiny iron-rich clumps that sit within the watery solution. The generation of this property in a fully functional soap could calm concerns over the use of soaps in oil-spill clean ups and revolutionise industrial cleaning products.  

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• 00:12 Istanbul Yields a Treasure Trove in Ancient Bathonea

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  Bathonea, a harbor town dating from the second century B.C., was discovered by archaeologists on a peninsula jutting into Lake Kucukcekmece.
  
   

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• 00:09 Magnetic soap hope for oil spills

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  Researchers have demonstrated the first soap that responds to magnetic fields.  

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• 00:04 Explosive Volcano May Lurk Beneath Death Valley (LiveScience.com)

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  LiveScience.com - California's Death Valley, already one of the hottest places on Earth, may have the potential to get a whole lot hotter — and live up to its name in a surprising (and possibly scary) new way, according to new research.  

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• 00:01 VIDEO: In search of Northern Lights in the UK

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  The Aurora Borealis, known as The Northern Lights, have been visible over Scotland and large parts of northern England.  

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