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How oxidative stress may help prolong life

Posted on 31. May, 2009 by admin.

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Oxidative stress has been linked to aging, cancer and other diseases in humans. Paradoxically, researchers have suggested that small exposure to oxidative conditions may actually offer protection from acute doses. Now, scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have discovered the gene responsible for this effect. Their study, published in PLoS Genetics on May [...]

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Toward cheap underwater sensor nets

Posted on 27. May, 2009 by admin.

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Hard hardware questions answered by UC San Diego computer scientists
UC San Diego computer scientists are one step closer to building low cost networks of underwater sensors for real time underwater environmental monitoring. At the IEEE Reconfigurable Architectures Workshop in Rome, Italy, on May 25, computer scientists from the Jacobs School of Engineering presented a paper [...]

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