WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2009 -- In the first study to look at what happens over the years to the billions of pounds of plastic waste floating in the world's…
Aug 19, 2009
CHICAGO (August 19, 2009) -- Using a novel robot-assisted endoscopic technique, a team of surgeons at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea, has successfully treated 200 consecutive patients with thyroid cancer.
Aug 19, 2009
BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, August 19, 2009 -- Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev are developing technology to scale up a novel method for achieving very high recoveries in desalination by reverse osmosis to be used in a Jordanian desalinization plant.
Aug 19, 2009
DALLAS -- Aug. 19, 2009 -- Immunology researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found that bacteria present in the human gut help initiate the body's defense mechanisms against Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis.
Aug 19, 2009
ARGONNE, Ill. (Aug. 19, 2009) -- Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago's Brain Tumor…
Aug 19, 2009
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2009 -- They say there's no place like home. But scientists are reporting some unsettling news about homes in the residential areas of California.
Aug 19, 2009
Targeted investments in climate science could lead to major benefits in reducing the costs of adapting to a changing climate, according to new research…
Aug 19, 2009
AURORA, Co -- A study published in the August 2009 edition of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology found that non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients could be…
Aug 19, 2009
Patients with cirrhosis are at risk for developing portal hypertension that can lead to the formation, dilation, and rupture of esophageal varices.
Aug 19, 2009
Blacksburg, Va. -- Research at Virginia Tech has shown that the oldest complex life forms -- living in nutrient-rich oceans more than 540 million years ago -- likely fed by osmosis.
Aug 19, 2009
When times are tough and people are in a state of upheaval, it is expected that they might take refuge in "comfort foods" such as Grandma's fried chicken or a Sonic milkshake?
Aug 19, 2009
Back in the day, planes, trains and automobiles all sported one brand name. If you bought a Boeing, you got, nose to tail, a Boeing.
Aug 19, 2009
The ability to specifically target and modify genes in the mouse allows researchers to use this small rodent to study how certain genes contribute to human disease.
Aug 18, 2009
From 1995 to 2006 the rate of antibiotic prescriptions for acute respiratory tract infections decreased significantly, attributable in part to a decline in…
Aug 18, 2009
