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Lance Armstrong through a physiological lens: hard training boosts muscle power 8%

Catch an athlete with clear potential early in his career, study his physiology over an incredibly eventful seven years including victory in the Tour de France, and you might uncover some incredibly important, indeed amazing facts about what training and dedication can accomplish. What Edward F. Coyle of the University of Texas-Austin found out about Lance Armstrong was that from 1992-1999...

K-State professors discover enzyme responsible for creation of a beetle's hard shell

Kansas State University researchers think their discovery of the enzyme involved in the hardening of a beetle's exoskeleton or cuticle could lead not only to better pest control, but also help create similar strong, lightweight materials for use in aircraft and armor. After a beetle first molts, its exoskeleton is soft and hydrated. Somehow, it dries out and forms a hard, stiff exoskeleto...

Invasive species harms native hardwoods by killing soil fungus

An invasive weed that has spread across much of the U.S. harms native maples, ashes, and other hardwood trees by releasing chemicals harmful to a soil fungus the trees depend on for growth and survival, scientists report this week in the Public Library of Science. The tree-stifling alien, garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), first introduced into the U.S. in the 1860s, has since spread to Canada...

How taste response is hard-wired into the brain

Instantly reacting to the sweet lure of chocolate or the bitter taste of strychnine would seem to demand that such behavioral responses be so innate as to be hard-wired into the brain. Indeed, in studies with the easily manipulable fruit fly Drosophila, Kristin Scott and colleagues reported in the January 19, 2006, issue of Neuron experiments demonstrating just such a hard-wired circuitry. <p...

Animal brains 'hard-wired' to recognize predator's foot movements, Queen's study suggests

The reason people can approach animals in the wild more easily from a car than by foot may be due to an innate "life detector" tuned to the visual movements of an approaching predator's feet, says Queen's University psychologist Niko Troje. "We believe this visual filter is used to signal the presence of animals that are propelled by the motion of their feet and the force of gravity," sug...

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Solinus updates MailFoundry anti-spam hardware, switching to Linux

The MailFoundry 2100 is about three times as fast as the MailFoundry 1100, according to sales exec...

How hard is your Web site working?

Every Web site needs to provide a tangible and timely return on investment (ROI). Your company's Web site should be one of the most active and accountable members of its marketing team. Accountability is a good thing as long as it's based on soun...

Chippewa Valley angels invest in network hardware company

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Year ahead offers payoff for hard work

First-of-year columns are ripe for prognostication and this one is no different. Like a creaky car on an old wooden roller coaster, the technology industry has been laboring up, up, up the steep incline of recovery. After so much work, the year ahead will offer a bit of payback, a little joy ride. And to be clear in my metaphor, lets be sure to picture a few playfu...

Richard Thiemes latest Islands in the Clickstream

is a collection of over 150 reflections on the digital world. Released in May, Thiemes book has been hailed as extremely insightful and powerfully original due to his...

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Anger Hard on the Heart

New research shows that men who are angry or hostile should find a way to calm down because they’re more likely to suffer from an irregular // heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is when the two upper chambers of the heart quiver instead of beating effectively. This can cause blood to pool and form clots, increasing the chance for a stroke. Researchers say this is...

Hardened Arteries may Be The Cause Of Depression

A recent study reveals there may be a link between hardening of the arteries and depression in elderly people.A new study shows patients with calcium deposits in the aorta were twice as likely to suffer from depression,// while patients with calcium deposits in the heart were up to four times more likely to be depressed. Researchers sampled nearly 4,000 patients aged 60 years or older,...

Richard Gere Joins Indian Stars For Fight Against AIDS

Richard Gere with many Kollywood stars like Kamal Hassan, Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Vikram, Sarath Kumar//, Radhika, Revathi gathers for a show in Hyderabad to spread the awareness on AIDS. The show called 'A Time For Heroes,' was sponsored by agencies including the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation was an evening of 'infotainment' on AIDS/ HIV. 'You can change anyt...

Are You Ill? Have A Hard Laugh!

What some Japanese newly licensed therapists do is no laughing matter. These laughing therapists help their patients laugh! The first 49 laughing therapists recently passed their // examinations and are now licensed to make patients laugh to improve their immune system, and in general to help prevent illnesses, said Kazue Takayanagi, assistant professor and pediatrician at the organiz...

Wockhardt Group Plans Hospital In Delhi By End-2007

The Wockhardt Hospitals Group is planning expansion of its super-speciality hospital chain with a 280-bed hospital in Delhi, and bigger units in Kolkata and Bangalore.// "We have embarked on the construction of a new hospital at Pitampura (in west Delhi) which would be ready by 2007-end. We also plan Greenfield projects in Bangalore and Kolkata," Vishal Bali, the chain's vice president...

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Newly Published Study Reveals Femara Improves Chances for Harder to Treat Early Breast Cancer Relapse in Postmenopausal Women

FRIMLEY, SURREY, England, April 30, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- - Femara reduces the risk of breast cancer spreading to thelungs, the brain or the bone which has a worse prognosis than whenthe cancer is localised to the breast Newly published data in the May issue of Annals of Oncology,Oxford University Press show that after two years of post-surgicaltherapy, postmenopausa...

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