Research team makes progress toward 'printing' organs
Biology /
Nov 06, 2007 |
4.8 / 5 (45) |
3
Each year, pharmaceutical companies invest millions of dollars to test drugs, many of which will never reach the market because of side effects found only during human clinical trials. At the same time, the number of patients ...
Toshiba develops new MRAM device which opens the way to giga-bits capacity
Nov 06, 2007 |
4.4 / 5 (44) |
2
Toshiba Corporation today announced important breakthroughs in key technologies for magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), a promising, next-generation semiconductor memory device.
Discovering new properties in carbon nanotubes
Nov 06, 2007 |
3.9 / 5 (47) |
0
The trend in science is moving toward smaller devices. Indeed, single electron devices are considered one way for computing and other electronic applications to become ever smaller in size, while still providing large operating ...
Scientists explore how violent video games are exemplary aggression teachers
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 06, 2007 |
3.5 / 5 (47) |
2
Like other fathers and sons, Douglas Gentile and his father have spent many hours arguing about video games. What makes them different is that Douglas, an Iowa State University assistant professor of psychology, is one of ...
People who skip meals: are they better off?
Nov 06, 2007 |
4.4 / 5 (37) |
1
Foregoing food for a day each month stood out among other religious practices in members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS or Mormons), who have lower rates of heart disease than other Americans, researchers ...
Record 5th planet found around nearby star
Nov 06, 2007 |
4.7 / 5 (33) |
1
A team of American astronomers announced today (Tuesday, Nov. 6) the discovery of a record-breaking fifth planet around the nearby star 55 Cancri, making it the only star aside from the sun known to have five ...
Physicists see similarities in stream of sand grains, exotic plasma at birth of universe
Nov 06, 2007 |
4.1 / 5 (32) |
4
Streams of granular particles bouncing off a target in a simple tabletop experiment produce liquid-like behavior also witnessed in a massive research apparatus that simulates the birth of the universe. A team ...
Australian researchers develop treatment to treat obesity
Nov 06, 2007 |
4.8 / 5 (23) |
1
A team of researchers from the St Vincent’s Campus in Sydney have developed a novel way to control the extreme weight loss, common in late stage cancer, which often speeds death.
Pushing the limits of chip miniaturisation
Nov 06, 2007 |
4.4 / 5 (25) |
0
Over the last four decades, computer chips have found their way into virtually every electronic device in the world. During that time they have become smaller, cheaper and more powerful, but, for a team of ...
A Giant Step toward Infinitesimal Machinery
Nov 06, 2007 |
3.7 / 5 (27) |
2
What are the ultimate limits to miniaturization? How small can machinery--with internal workings that move, turn, and vibrate--be produced? What is the smallest scale on which computers can be built?
Sony Ericsson announces first USB Mobile Broadband Modem
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 06, 2007 |
3.5 / 5 (25) |
0
Sony Ericsson today announced the MD300, a state-of-the-art business tool that allows busy professionals to quickly and easily connect their PCs or laptops to the internet whenever and wherever they need. ...
Climate change could diminish drinking water more than expected
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 06, 2007 |
3.4 / 5 (25) |
1
As sea levels rise, coastal communities could lose up to 50 percent more of their fresh water supplies than previously thought, according to a new study from Ohio State University.
The Physics of a golf swing
Nov 06, 2007 |
3.8 / 5 (22) |
0
Ever wondered about the science behind your golf swing? Or what the perfect swing 'sounds' like? Last week an expert in the physics of golf has visited the home of golf to talk about technology aimed at developing 'the perfect ...
Foods, not specific nutrients, may be key to good health
Nov 06, 2007 |
3.9 / 5 (19) |
0
In a recent academic review, a University of Minnesota professor in the School of Public Health has concluded that food, as opposed to specific nutrients, may be key to having a healthy diet.
A 'grape' future for Alzheimer's disease research
Nov 06, 2007 |
4.4 / 5 (14) |
0
With National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month upon us, attention continues to focus on new approaches to cognitive health in an aging population. Now, research with grape polyphenols presented today at Neuroscience 2007 in San ...
