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• Children with insomnia may have impaired heart rate variability March 21, 2010
  Children with insomnia and shorter sleep duration had impaired modulation of heart rhythm during sleep, researchers report. […]
• Omega 3 curbs precancerous growths in those prone to bowel cancer, study suggests March 21, 2010
  A purified form of an omega 3 cuts the number and size of precancerous bowel growths (polyps) in people whose genetic makeup predisposes them to bowel cancer, finds new research. […]
• Bully galaxy rules the neighborhood March 21, 2010
  In general, galaxies can be thought of as "social" -- hanging out in groups and frequently interacting. However, a new Hubble Space Telescope image highlights how some galaxies appear to be hungry loners. These cosmic oddities have set astronomers on the "case of the missing neighbor galaxies." […]
• Tryptophan-enriched diet reduces pig aggression March 21, 2010
  Feeding the amino acid tryptophan to young female pigs as part of their regular diet makes them less aggressive and easier to manage, according to a new study. […]
• Plant's ability to identify, block invading bacteria examined March 21, 2010
  Understanding how plants defend themselves from bacterial infections may help researchers understand how people and other animals could be better protected from such pathogens. That's the idea behind a study to observe a specific bacteria that infects tomatoes but normally does not bother the common laboratory plant arabidopsis. […]