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1. Pistachios may calm acute stress reaction
   04-30-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Eating pistachios may reduce your body's response to the stresses of everyday life, according to a Penn State study.
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2. Sticky questions tackled in gecko research
   12-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Velcro, Superglue and Post-It Notes ... three things that started out as obscure inventions but are now indispensable for everyday life. So what will the next idea to stick with modern society look like? The answer may lie in the tiny toes of a humble lizard, according to a University of Calgary biologist who is trying to figure out how geckos can cling to virtually any surface, including glass.
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3. Study reveals recurrent middle ear infections can have a major impact on children's development
   02-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
   A study by the University of Western Sydney has revealed that recurring middle ear infections in early childhood can have a detrimental impact on language and literacy skill development in later life.
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4. A possible mechanistic link between stress and the development of Alzheimer tangles
   06-14-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Subjecting mice to repeated emotional stress, the kind we experience in everyday life, may contribute to the accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles, one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease, report researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
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5. What gives us fingertip dexterity?
   02-07-2008 · EurekAlert!
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6. Tree of life for flowering plants reveals relationships among major groups
   11-26-2007 · EurekAlert!
   The evolutionary "Tree of Life" for flowering plants has been revealed using the largest collection of genomic data of these plants to date, report scientists from the University of Texas at Austin and University of Florida.
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7. Man's best friend lends insight into human evolution
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8. New findings on emerging contaminants
   02-16-2008 · EurekAlert!
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9. New bird, bat species revealed by extensive DNA barcode studies
   02-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
   At unprecedented levels of difficulty involving highly biodiverse and continent-sized landscapes, scientists have successfully tested their ability to identify and DNA "barcode" entire assemblages of species -- the prelude to a genetic portrait of all animal life on Earth.
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10. 454 Sequencing™ reveals new pathway in RNA interference
    10-25-2006 · EurekAlert!
    454 Life Sciences today announced that research on small RNAs, conducted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, has revealed the dual role of the ARGONAUTE 4 protein (AGO4) in RNA-directed DNA methylation. The research, which describes a method for obtaining a comprehensive view of the total small RNAs from a single sample, was published today in Nature.
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