Shaken and Stirred: Lab Studies Ice From Frigid Worlds
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2009 |
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The most exotic frozen cocktails on Earth won't be found in a chic restaurant or trendy bar. Scientists are mixing up these icy concoctions in a rather nondescript laboratory not much bigger than a janitor's closet. The surroundings ...
Panel to evaluate NASA's manned spaceflight program
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2009 |
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A 10-member committee of former astronauts, aerospace executives and academics kicks off an 11-week evaluation of America's manned spaceflight program Wednesday - and the stakes couldn't be higher.
Study Pinpoints Links of Depression with Chronic Pain
Jun 17, 2009 |
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It is well known that chronic pain and clinical depression go together, but a study in The Journal of Pain, published by the American Pain Society, shows that the connection between pain and depression is strongest in mid ...
Computer Idle? Now You Can Donate Its Time to Find a Cure for Major Diseases
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Not using your computer at the moment? You can now donate your computer's idle time to cutting-edge biomedical research aimed at finding a cure for HIV, Parkinson's, arthritis, and breast cancer.
Computer scientists develop model for studying arrangements of tissue networks by cell division
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Computer scientists at Harvard have developed a framework for studying the arrangement of tissue networks created by cell division across a diverse set of organisms, including fruit flies, tadpoles, and plants.
Enzyme doesn't act alone in atrial fibrillation
Jun 17, 2009 |
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(June 17, 2009) - An overactive enzyme is behind a leaky calcium channel that plays a role in the development of atrial fibrillation, which is the most common cardiac arrhythmia that is responsible for a third of all strokes. ...
Nonstick and laser-safe gold aids laser trapping of biomolecules
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Biophysicists long for an ideal material -- something more structured and less sticky than a standard glass surface—to anchor and position individual biomolecules. Gold is an alluring possibility, with its ...
Wrong type of help from parents could worsen child's OCD
Jun 17, 2009 |
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For most parents, soothing a child's anxiety is just part of the job. But for a parent whose child has obsessive-compulsive disorder, soothing anxiety and helping with behaviors linked to the disease could lead to more severe ...
Unlike rubber bands, molecular bonds may not break faster when pulled
Jun 17, 2009 |
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From balloons to rubber bands, things always break faster when stretched. Or do they? University of Illinois scientists studying chemical bonds now have shown this isn't always the case, and their results may have profound ...
Telemedicine expands reach of care for Parkinson's patients
Jun 17, 2009 |
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A unique and innovative telemedicine project is providing distant nursing home patients with Parkinson's disease access to neurologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center. A pilot study of the project - the results ...
Guessing game: How much money is YouTube losing?
Jun 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Internet video leader YouTube Inc.'s losses have been overblown by some analysts, but corporate parent Google Inc. doesn't mind the misperception, according to a study to be released Wednesday.
Statins don't lower risk of pneumonia in elderly
Jun 17, 2009 |
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Taking popular cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, such as Lipitor (atorvastatin), does not lower the risk of pneumonia. That's the new finding from a study of more than 3,000 Group Health patients published online on June ...
Study finds reproductive health effects from low doses of bisphenol-A
Jun 17, 2009 |
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New research from North Carolina State University and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) shows significant reproductive health effects in rats that have been exposed to bisphenol-A (BPA) at levels ...
Social networking sites become objects of embarrassment for some companies
Jun 17, 2009 |
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At the Bargain Zone, a freight surplus store in Lee's Summit, Mo., office manager Jeff LeMasters was clear about cell phone and Internet rules for employees:
AT&T relents on iPhone pricing for upgraders
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- AT&T Inc. will allow some current iPhone owners to upgrade to a new model at the same price as new buyers when it is released Friday.
