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- Sensors Advance Lunar Landing Project
NASA is developing technologies that will allow lunar landers to automatically identify and navigate to the location of a safe landing site while detecting landing hazards during the final descent to the surface. This is important because future lunar missions will need this capability to be able to land safely near specific resources that are located in potentially hazardous terrain.
Source: - added 9 hours ago - Children Aware Of White Male Monopoly On White House
Challenging the idea that children live in a color or gender blind world, a new study reveals most elementary-school-age children are aware there has been no female, African-American, or Hispanic President of the United States. And, many of the children attribute the lack of representation to discrimination.
Source: - added 9 hours ago - Mental Barriers Hamper Obese Women's Efforts To Get Exercise
Obese women face a significantly higher number of barriers to exercise than their normal weight counterparts.
Source: - added 9 hours ago - Food For Thought: Regulating Energy Supply To The Brain During Fasting
If the current financial climate has taught us anything, it's that a system where over-borrowing goes unchecked eventually ends in disaster. It turns out this rule applies as much to our bodies as it does to economics. Instead of cash, our body deals in energy borrowed from muscle and given to the brain.
Source: - added 9 hours ago - A Little Exercise Goes A Long Way For Severely Obese
A little exercise goes a long way toward helping severely obese individuals improve their quality of life and complete important daily tasks, according to researchers at the Duke Diet and Fitness Center.
Source: - added 9 hours ago - Form Of Crohn's Disease Traced To Disabled Gut Cells
Scientists say that they have linked the health of specialized gut immune cells to a gene associated with Crohn's disease, an often debilitating and increasingly prevalent inflammatory bowel disorder.
Source: - added 9 hours ago - Variations In Key Genes Increase Caucasians'€™ Risk Of Heroin Addiction
Sometimes, small changes do add up. In the case of addictive diseases, tiny variations in a few genes can increase or decrease the likelihood of some people developing a dependency on heroin. Now, by examining a select group of genetic variants in more than 400 former severe heroin addicts, Rockefeller University researchers have identified several genetic variations in American and Israeli Caucas...
Source: - added 9 hours ago - Adolescent Insomnia Linked To Depression And Substance Abuse During Adolescence And Young Adulthood
A new study shows that adolescent insomnia symptoms are associated with depression, suicide ideation and attempts, and the use of alcohol, cannabis and other drugs such as cocaine.
Source: - added 9 hours ago - Mental Health Intervention Urged For Heart Patients
Heart patients are particularly vulnerable to depression and should be screened, and if necessary treated, to improve their recovery and overall health, according to a scientific advisory.
Source: - added 9 hours ago - Breast Cancer Cells Recycle To Escape Death By Hormonal Therapy
Many breast cancer cells facing potentially lethal antiestrogen therapy recycle to survive, researchers say.
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