Researchers Map Building Blocks of Economic Complexity
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Since the times of Adam Smith, economists have had the intuition that prosperity emerges from the division of labor, that is, from the interaction of thousands of individual activities. This idea has been present for a long ...
Potent metastasis inhibitor identified
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have isolated a potent inhibitor of tumor metastasis made by tumor cells, one that could potentially be harnessed as a cancer treatment. Their findings were published in the online ...
CERN reports on progress toward LHC restart
Jun 22, 2009 |
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At the 151st session of the CERN Council today, CERN Director General Rolf Heuer confirmed that the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) remains on schedule for a restart this autumn, albeit about 2-3 weeks later than originally ...
Treating lazy eyes with a joystick
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Four percent of all children suffer from amblyopia, better known as "lazy eye syndrome." Traditional treatment for the condition requires the use of an eye patch, often for months at a time, before the eye is corrected. This ...
Subseafloor sediment in South Pacific Gyre one of the least inhabited places on Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international oceanographic research expedition to the middle of the South Pacific Gyre - a site that is as far from continents as it is possible to go on Earth's surface - found so few organisms beneath ...
'Green' fireworks may brighten eco-friendly 4th of July displays in future
Jun 22, 2009 |
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With millions of people in the United States eagerly awaiting those July 4 fireworks displays — and our Canadian neighbors doing likewise for their July 1 Canada Day celebrations — here's a prospect for those ...
Drinking milk in the morning may help stave off lunchtime hunger
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Now there's a new reason for the weight-conscious to drink fat free milk at breakfast time, suggests a new study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers in Australia found that d ...
Statins can protect against Alzheimer's disease
Jun 22, 2009 |
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High cholesterol levels are considered to be a risk factor not only for cardiovascular disease including stroke, but also for the development of Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, many cholesterol lowering drugs, including statins, ...
Microfabricated device measures cellular forces during tissue development (w/Video)
Jun 22, 2009 |
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A University of Pennsylvania-collaboration of bioengineers studying the physical forces generated by individual cells has created a tiny micron-sized device that allows researchers to measure and manipulate ...
Mars Odyssey Alters Orbit to Study Warmer Ground
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's long-lived Mars Odyssey spacecraft has completed an eight-month adjustment of its orbit, positioning itself to look down at the day side of the planet in mid-afternoon instead of late ...
New algorithm charts evolution of genetic networks during fruit fly life cycle
Jun 22, 2009 |
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A new algorithm developed by Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists has revealed for the first time how genetic networks in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, evolve during the insect's life cycle.
Researchers discover how old memories are re-saved and changed
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at McGill University have discovered a series of molecular mechanisms that regulate how our brains call up, restore and even change old memories.
Big US study will test vitamin D, fish oil
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Two of the most popular and promising dietary supplements - vitamin D and fish oil - will be tested in a large, government-sponsored study to see whether either nutrient can lower a healthy person's risk of getting cancer, ...
Cancer: A Silver Lining?
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer-the word resonates in people’s nightmares and strikes fear in the hearts of millions. Can there be a positive side amidst the panic, anxiety and hopeless feelings that often accompany the word? The ...
Better looks at Mars minerals for ASU instrument on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 22, 2009 |
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A slow drift in the orbit of NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft that mission controllers started nine months ago is now giving an ASU instrument a better and more sensitive view of minerals on the surface of Mars. ...
