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Blessing of Sheba - The Obelisk Returns

This week the people of Ethiopia had reason to celebrate as one of their culture’s most significant monuments was finally restored. The Axum Obelisk, a 1700 year old remnant of the Kingdom of Axum (and ancient Ethiopian civilization), was restored to its traditional resting place. The obelisk was stolen and taken to Italy in the [...]

5Sep2008 | Phil | 2 comments | Continued
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Study on Crickets Shows that Men and Women Need Different Diets

Who said that men and women are equal? Well, sure they are, at least in theory, when we talk about “rights,” but not when it comes to what they eat. Recent studies show that men and women need different diets.
Starting from the premise that diets strongly influence lifespan and reproduction, scientists from the University of [...]

17Jul2008 | Mihaela Lica | 3 comments | Continued
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Dogs Could Identify Early Stages of Ovarian Cancer

Research led by György Horvath MD,PhD of the Göteborg University Hospital proved that trained dogs detect cancer through scent.
The research was focused mainly on ovarian cancer in all stages, including borderline tumors and the results were that most common ovarian carcinomas are characterized by a single specific odor.
The research makes sense if we consider that [...]

26Jun2008 | Mihaela Lica | 5 comments | Continued
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As Tiny as a Pill, UW Mini-endoscope Is Used to Trace the First Signs of Cancer

The University of Washington comes on stage again, this time with the smallest endoscope in the world. Not long ago (mid January) they announced the bionic eye, with the smallest LEDs in the world. At the end of January they surprised the medical world again with a new development: the smallest endoscope in the world, [...]

15Feb2008 | Mihaela Lica | 0 comments | Continued