Health
Proteins linked with Alzheimer's, other neurodegenerative diseases found to clump in normal aging
In neurodegenerative diseases, clumps of insoluble proteins appear in patients' brains.
Aug 10, 2010
Health
Study finds similar personality types in male and female domestic violence perpetrators
New research published in the August edition of the American Psychological Association's Journal of Abnormal Psychology, is providing a better picture of the roles played by gender, personality and mental illness in domestic violence.
Aug 10, 2010
Health
Rutgers researchers assess severity of prostate cancers using magnetic resonance imaging
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Rutgers researchers are developing methods that can accurately assess the severity of prostate cancer by analyzing magnetic resonance images and spectra of a patient's prostate gland.
Aug 10, 2010
Health
Walking to school could reduce stress reactivity in children, may curb risk of heart disease
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A simple morning walk to school could reduce stress reactivity in children during the school day, curbing increases in heart rate and blood…
Aug 10, 2010
Technology
Inaugural deployment of buoys to measure air and sea interactions in typhoons launched from Taiwan
KAO-HSIUNG, Taiwan -- August 10, 2010 -- An international team of scientists and technicians from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School, the…
Aug 10, 2010
Health
Human cells can copy not only DNA, but also RNA, says team from Pitt, Helicos BioSciences
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10 -- Single-molecule sequencing technology has detected and quantified novel small RNAs in human cells that represent entirely new classes of…
Aug 10, 2010
Earth & Environment
Indonesian ice field may be gone in a few years, core may contain secrets of Pacific El Nino events
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Glaciologists who drilled through an ice cap perched precariously on the edge of a 16,000-foot-high Indonesian mountain ridge say that the ice field could vanish within in the next few years, another victim of global climate change.
Aug 10, 2010
Health
Researchers develop magnetic molecular machines to deliver drugs to unhealthy cells
Scientists from UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute and Korea's Yonsei University have developed an innovative method that enables nanomachines to release drugs inside living cancer cells when activated remotely by an oscillating magnetic field.
Aug 10, 2010
Health
Telemedicine for maintaining health of oil rig workers is explored in Telemedicine and e-Health
New Rochelle, NY, August 9, 2010 -- Without hands-on access to doctors and hospitals, oil rig workers who become sick or injured increasingly rely on…
Aug 9, 2010
Earth & Environment
The jellyfish-like salp: Most efficient filter-feeder in the deep, scientists discover
What if trains, planes and automobiles all were powered simply by the air through which they move?
Aug 9, 2010
Health
Africa cell phone boom beneficial -- but schools, roads, power, water remain critical needs
The fast-growing use of cell phones in Africa -- where many people lack the basic human necessities -- has made headlines worldwide the past few years.
Aug 9, 2010
Health
New anti-viral drug shows promise for dramatic improvement in hepatitis C treatment
INDIANAPOLIS -- Adding a direct acting anti-viral drug to the standard treatment regimen for hepatitis C significantly increases the cure rate in the most…
Aug 8, 2010
Health
Genetic differences that make some people susceptible to meningitis revealed in major new study
Genetic differences that make some people susceptible to developing meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia, and others naturally immune, are revealed in a new study of over 6,000 people, published today in Nature Genetics.
Aug 8, 2010
Health
Health care using telephone and telemonitoring technology benefits heart failure patients
Providing patients with chronic heart failure access to remote monitoring, for example by telephone or telemonitoring using wireless technology, reduces deaths and hospitalisations and may provide benefits on health care costs and quality of life.
Aug 7, 2010