Researchers at Columbia Engineering School have built optical nanostructures that enable them to engineer the index of refraction and fully control light dispersion.
Jul 10, 2011
For patients suffering from epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a hereditary skin disease, even a gentle touch is extremely painful.
Jul 8, 2011
Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and…
Jul 7, 2011
Treating chronic migraines with behavioral approaches - such as relaxation training, hypnosis and biofeedback - can make financial sense compared to prescription-drug treatment, especially after a year or more, a new study found.
Jul 5, 2011
Scientists know what the universe looked like when it was a baby. They know what it looks like today.
Jun 30, 2011
We only do this once, it's our inheritance, Joined by this common thread -- black, yellow, white or red, It is our family bond, and now its day has dawned.
Jun 30, 2011
That axiom of sustainability — "recycle and reuse" — could help ease concerns about a reliable supply of substances, indispensible for a modern technological society, that are produced almost exclusively in the Peoples' Republic of China.
Jun 29, 2011
Egocentric, self-centred, and insensitive to the needs of others: these social problems often arise in people with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and have…
Jun 28, 2011
New research by the University of Warwick and Humboldt University shows that the frequency of wars between states increased steadily from 1870 to 2001 by 2% a year on average.
Jun 28, 2011
In the constant battle to lose inches or at least stay the same, we reach for the diet soda.
Jun 27, 2011
A simple roll of duct tape has proven to be an inexpensive solution to the costly and time-consuming problem of communicating with hospital patients who are isolated with dangerous infections.
Jun 27, 2011
Some 800,000 years ago – about the time early human tribes were learning to make fire – a tiny species of plankton called Neodenticula seminae went extinct in the North Atlantic.
Jun 27, 2011
A large, long-term study confirms that medications with anticholinergic activity, which include many drugs frequently taken by older adults, cause cognitive impairment.
Jun 24, 2011
For most people, listening to the ocean means contemplating the soothing sound of waves breaking gently on a sandy beach.
Jun 23, 2011
