Photon-transistors for the supercomputers of the future

Physics / General Physics

Aug 26, 2007 | 4.1 / 5 (58) | 0

Scientist from the Niels Bohr Institute at University of Copenhagen and from Harvard University have worked out a new theory which describe how the necessary transistors for the quantum computers of the future ...

Human derived stem cells can repair rat hearts damaged by heart attack

Biology /

Aug 26, 2007 | 4.4 / 5 (17) | 0

When human heart muscle cells derived from embryonic stem cells are implanted into a rat after a heart attack, they can help rebuild the animal's heart muscle and improve function of the organ, scientists ...

Researchers discover correlation between birth month and short-sightedness

Medicine & Health / Other

Aug 26, 2007 | 4.1 / 5 (10) | 0

Planning for a summer delivery for your child? You might want to choose an ophthalmologist along with an obstetrician.

Study: Moderate drinking protects kidneys

Medicine & Health / Cancer

Aug 26, 2007 | 3.8 / 5 (6) | 0

Drinking wine or beer may reduce the risk of kidney cancer, a Swedish study found.

Underwater noise harming fish

Biology /

Aug 26, 2007 | 4 / 5 (5) | 0

Man-made underwater noise threatens the health and reproductive capacity of many fish and marine mammals, an Italian researcher says.

Seals dying of mystery illness in Sweden

Biology /

Aug 26, 2007 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

Animal experts are warning people to avoid contact with sick or dying seals off the coast of Sweden and Denmark.

Minimum information standards -- all for 1 and 1 for all

Biology /

Aug 26, 2007 | 3.3 / 5 (3) | 0

Three papers published by EMBL scientists and their collaborators will make it much easier to share and compare information from large-scale proteomics data. The papers are published in Nature Biotechnology on 8th and 26 ...

Syphilis cases grown in New Zealand

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Aug 26, 2007 | 3 / 5 (3) | 0

Health experts are worried about an outbreak of syphilis in New Zealand.

When is a stem cell not really a stem cell?

Biology /

Aug 26, 2007 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

Working with embryonic mouse brains, a team of Johns Hopkins scientists seems to have discovered an almost-too-easy way to distinguish between “true” neural stem cells and similar, but less potent versions. Their finding, ...

Russia developing global navigation system

Technology / Engineering

Aug 26, 2007 | 2.3 / 5 (3) | 0

Russian manufacturers plan to begin production on a line of navigation systems using Glonass technology for strategic aviation.