Scientists document fragile land-sea ecological chain
Douglas McCauley and Paul DeSalles did not set out to discover one of the longest ecological interaction chains ever documented. [...]
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Technology convergence may widen the digital divide
Technology is helping communication companies merge telephone, television and Internet services, but a push to deregulate may leave some customers [...]
Sound Waves as Effective as Brain Surgery at Treating Essential Tremor
Scalpel-free surgery using focused sound waves appears to be as effective in treating essential tremor as traditional surgery that requires [...]
How flowers do it
Next Mother’s Day, say it with an evolved model of logistical efficiency — a flower. A new discovery about how [...]
Breast Cancer Effectively Treated with Chemical Found in Celery
Apigenin, a natural substance found in grocery store produce aisles, shows promise as a non-toxic treatment for an aggressive form [...]
Impact of MRSA nasal colonization on surgical site infections after gastrointestinal surgery
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (MRSA) nasal colonization is associated with longer hospital stays and an increase in surgical site infections (SSI) in [...]
Drug found for parasite that is major cause of death worldwide
Research by a collaborative group of scientists from UC San Diego School of Medicine, UC San Francisco and Wake Forest [...]
Experimental bariatric surgery controls blood sugar in rats with diabetes
For the first time, scientists at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute have shown that an experimental bariatric surgery can [...]
Good news for nanomedicine: Quantum dots appear safe in pioneering study on primates
A pioneering study to gauge the toxicity of quantum dots in primates has found the tiny crystals to be safe [...]
All about flesh eating bacteria
The 24 year old graduate student Aimee Copeland fell when a homemade zip line over the Little Tallapoosa River broke. [...]
Oxytocin improves brain function in children with autism
Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows that oxytocin — a naturally occurring [...]
Rabies evolves slower in hibernating bats
The rate at which the rabies virus evolves in bats may depend heavily upon the ecological traits of its hosts, [...]
Pollution teams with thunderclouds to warm atmosphere
Pollution is warming the atmosphere through summer thunderstorm clouds, according to a computational study published May 10 in Geophysical Research [...]
Acid in the brain
University of Iowa neuroscientist John Wemmie, M.D., Ph.D., is interested in the effect of acid in the brain. His studies [...]
Production of chemicals without petroleum
In our everyday life, we use gasoline, diesel, plastics, rubbers, and numerous chemicals that are derived from fossil oil through [...]
New silicon memory chip developed
The first purely silicon oxide-based ‘Resistive RAM’ memory chip that can operate in ambient conditions – opening up the possibility [...]
Scientists design indoor navigation system for blind
University of Nevada, Reno computer science engineering team Kostas Bekris and Eelke Folmer presented their indoor navigation system for people [...]
The light at the end of the tunnel may be a single photon
Quantum physics promises faster and more powerful computers, but quantum versions of basic logic functions are still needed to bring [...]
