Leading world scientists convene in Brazil July 21-25 amid growing concern that evaporation and ongoing destruction of world wetlands, which hold a volume of…
Jul 20, 2008
Similac, Enfamil and other baby formulas contain DHA, choline and uridine (among a host of other ingredients). Turns out that's just what MIT is studying as a treatment for Alzheimer's symptoms in gerbils.
Jul 8, 2008
Scientists have found that the compound resveratrol slows age-related deterioration and functional decline of mice on a standard diet, but does not increase longevity when started at middle age.
Jul 3, 2008
Administration of minute amounts of inhaled or intravenous hydrogen sulfide, or H2S – the molecule that gives rotten eggs their sulfurous stench – significantly improves survival from extreme blood loss in rats.
Jul 1, 2008
Zurich, 26 June 2008. The rights to key patents for an innovative screening tool for treatments for cystic fibrosis were transferred today to Swiss biotech company Axentis Pharma AG.
Jun 26, 2008
Dramatic progress in renewable energy technology is needed if the United States desires to produce 25 percent of its electricity and motor vehicle fuel from renewable sources by 2025.
Jun 24, 2008
The discovery of an ancient city buried beneath the sands of modern-day Syria has provided evidence for a Hellenistic settlement that existed for more than six centuries extending into the time of the Roman Empire.
Jun 23, 2008
New research suggests that ocean temperature and associated sea level increases between 1961 and 2003 were 50 percent larger than estimated in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.
Jun 18, 2008
Two papers published in the journal Science today* by Microsoft Research ecologist Drew Purves together with research colleagues at Princeton University and…
Jun 17, 2008
Psychologists at the University of Virginia and the University of Plymouth (United Kingdom) have conducted experimental research that contrasts with the belief that happy children are the best learners.
Jun 3, 2008
As part of the ongoing poll series, Debating Health: Election 2008, a recent survey by the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public…
May 25, 2008
A Canadian researcher has completed a study that assessed what types of high school students are being indirectly victimized.
May 22, 2008
Lugano, May 15 2008 - Is truth absolute, or do we decide what is true based on culture, knowledge and our belief system?
May 15, 2008
A study investigating aging in mice has found that hormonal changes that occur when mice eat significantly less may help explain an already established…
May 14, 2008
