Health
DNA Day and Body Modification
The scientific study of human heredity has and has always had two types of practical application: relief of suffering and human improvement.
Apr 15, 2011
Technology
Recipe for radioactive compounds aids nuclear waste and fuel storage pools studies
Easy-to-follow recipes for radioactive compounds like those found in nuclear fuel storage pools, liquid waste containment areas and other contaminated aqueous environments have been developed by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories.
Apr 15, 2011
Physics
New 3-D map of Guatemala's 'Head of Stone' confirms size, location of ancient buildings
Archaeologists have made the first three-dimensional topographical map of ancient monumental buildings long buried under centuries of jungle at the Maya site "Head of Stone" in Guatemala.
Apr 14, 2011
Health
Eco-friendly treatment for blue jeans offers alternative to controversial 'sandblasting'
Blue denim jeans are one of the most popular and iconic fashion items in the world; now a study published in Biotechnology Journal reveals a cheaper, more efficient and eco-friendly method for treating dyed denim.
Apr 13, 2011
Health
Tiny antibody fragments raised in camels find drug targets in human breast cancer cells
A new discovery published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) promises to help physicians identify patients most likely to benefit from breast cancer drug therapies.
Apr 11, 2011
Health
Male victims of 'intimate terrorism' can experience damaging psychological effects
Men who are abused by their female partners can suffer significant psychological trauma, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal thoughts, according to two new papers published by the American Psychological Association.
Apr 7, 2011
Health
Antisocial teens have different brains
Brain scans of aggressive and antisocial teenage boys with conduct disorder (CD) have revealed differences in the structure of the developing brain that could link to their behaviour problems.
Apr 4, 2011
Health
New strategy for stimulating neurogenesis may lead to drugs to improve cognition and mood
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have developed a new way to stimulate neuron production in the adult mouse brain, demonstrating that neurons acquired in the brain's hippocampus during adulthood improve certain cognitive functions.
Apr 3, 2011
Health
Human Theome Project sets sights on 2012
Joe and Mary Juke are models of piety. They attend services twice a week, are active in faith-based charity organizations, and their house brims tastefully with Christian iconography and literature.
Apr 1, 2011
Earth & Environment
Getting to Know the Strong Force, One of the Four Fundamental Forces of the Universe
In new work, high-energy physicists have observed two long-sought quantum states in the bottomonium family of sub-atomic particles.
Mar 31, 2011
Health
Alzheimer's-like brain changes found in cognitively normal elders with amyloid plaques
Researchers using two brain-imaging technologies have found that apparently normal older individuals with brain deposits of amyloid beta – the primary…
Mar 30, 2011
Earth & Environment
Whale and dolphin death toll during Deepwater disaster may have been greatly underestimated
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 devastated the Gulf of Mexico ecologically and economically.
Mar 29, 2011
Earth & Environment
Papps Noble Gas engine - a ZPE theory
Mar 28, 2011
Health
Largest Study of High-Deductible Health Plans Finds Substantial Cost Savings, but Less Preventive Care
The largest-ever assessment of high-deductible health plans finds that while such plans significantly cut health spending, they also prompt patients to cut back on preventive health care, according to a new RAND Corporation study.
Mar 25, 2011