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- Compound found in purple corn may aid in developing future treatments for type 2 diabetes, kidney disease
- Jesus's wife? Scholar announces existence of a new early Christian gospel from Egypt
- How life arose on Earth: Researchers brew up organics on ice
- New tool gives structural strength to 3-D printed works
- Quasars: Mileposts marking the universe's expansion
- Tasered youth fare as well as adults, study finds
- University students put off-the-shelf helicopters to work
| Posted: 18 Sep 2012 03:47 PM PDT Diabetic nephropathy is one of the most serious complications related to diabetes, often leading to end-stage kidney disease. Purple corn grown in Peru and Chile is a relative of blue corn, which is readily available in the U.S. The maize is rich in anthocyanins (also known as flavonoids), which are reported to have anti-diabetic properties. Scientists investigated the cellular and molecular activity of purple corn anthocyanins (PCA) to determine whether and how it affects the development of diabetic nephropathy (DN). Their findings suggest that PCA inhibits multiple pathways involved in the development of DN, which may help in developing therapies aimed at type 2 diabetes and kidney disease.  |
| Jesus's wife? Scholar announces existence of a new early Christian gospel from Egypt Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:36 PM PDT Four words on a previously unknown papyrus fragment provide the first evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus had been married, Harvard Professor Karen King told the 10th International Congress of Coptic Studies today.  |
| How life arose on Earth: Researchers brew up organics on ice Posted: 18 Sep 2012 01:22 PM PDT Would you like icy organics with that? Maybe not in your coffee, but researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are creating concoctions of organics, or carbon-bearing molecules, on ice in the lab, then zapping them with lasers. Their goal: to better understand how life arose on Earth.  |
| New tool gives structural strength to 3-D printed works Posted: 18 Sep 2012 12:44 PM PDT Objects created using 3-D printing have a common flaw: They are fragile and often fall apart or lose their shape. Now researchers have developed a program that automatically imparts strength to objects before they are printed.  |
| Quasars: Mileposts marking the universe's expansion Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:34 AM PDT Researchers have found a possible way to map the spread and structure of the universe, guided by the light of quasars. The technique, combined with the expected discovery of millions more far-away quasars over the next decade, could yield an unprecedented look back to a time shortly after the Big Bang, when the universe was a fraction the size it is today.  |
| Tasered youth fare as well as adults, study finds Posted: 18 Sep 2012 05:53 AM PDT Adolescents who are tasered by law enforcement officers do not appear to be at higher risk for serious injury than adults, according to new a new study.  |
| University students put off-the-shelf helicopters to work Posted: 18 Sep 2012 04:56 AM PDT Students are working to develop micro-UAVs that could provide low-cost surveillance while enhancing the variety of uses for these UAVs.  |
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