3-D Imaging -- First Insights Into Magnetic Fields

Physics / General Physics

Mar 30, 2008 | 4.6 / 5 (47) | 4

3-D images are not only useful in medicine; the observation of internal structures is also invaluable in many other fields of scientific investigation. Recently, researchers from the Hahn-Meitner-Institute ...

Team explains 'the wallpaper problem'

Physics / Condensed Matter

Mar 30, 2008 | 4.1 / 5 (35) | 0

Frustrated by tape that won't peel off the roll in a straight line? Angry at wallpaper that refuses to tear neatly off the wall? A new study reveals why these efforts can be so aggravating. Wallpaper is not ...

Scientists offer new clues to genetics of type 2 diabetes

Medicine & Health / Genetics

Mar 30, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (11) | 0

An international collaboration of scientists from Europe and the US has identified six new genes which play a role in the development of type 2 diabetes, extending the total number of genes implicated in common forms of the ...

U.S. patients find surgery deals overseas

Medicine & Health / Other

Mar 30, 2008 | 5 / 5 (5) | 0

U.S. patients are increasingly going overseas for big savings on major surgeries, the American Medical Association said.

Maine weather wreaking havoc on deer

Biology /

Mar 30, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

Deer living in Maine and other portions of New England are likely battling starvation because of the region's tough winter, biologists say.

Communicating your way to a healthy heart

Medicine & Health / Research

Mar 30, 2008 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

When it comes to matters of the heart, many experts say that communication is the key to a healthy relationship. But a recent study out of Temple University’s School of Medicine finds that communication is the key to a healthy ...

Comparison of anticoagulants for angioplasty show similar outcomes

Medicine & Health / Research

Mar 30, 2008 | 4 / 5 (2) | 0

In a comparison of anticoagulants and stents for use with angioplasty following a heart attack, the anticoagulants abciximab and tirofiban had similar outcomes for some cardiac measures within 90 minutes after the procedure, ...

Town beach between canal and a hard place

Space & Earth / Environment

Mar 30, 2008 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

Jetties built decades ago to protect the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts appear to be starving nearby beaches, threatening them with erosion.

Russian official warns of bird flu risk

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Mar 30, 2008 | not rated yet | 0

Russia needs to take steps to prevent a human pandemic from bird flu, a government health official said.