From Canada to the Caribbean: Tree leaves control their own temperature June 11, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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The temperature inside a healthy, photosynthesizing tree leaf is affected less by outside environmental temperature than originally believed, according to new research from biologists at the University of Pennsylvania. | |
 Memory loss linked to common sleep disorder June 11, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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For the first time, UCLA researchers have discovered that people with sleep apnea show tissue loss in brain regions that help store memory. Reported in the June 27 edition of the journal Neuroscience Letters, ... | |
Computer predicts anti-cancer molecules June 17, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A new computer-based method of analyzing cellular activity has correctly predicted the anti-tumour activity of several molecules. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Molecular Cancer describes ... | |
How to build a plant June 26, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Dr. Sarah Hake and her colleagues, George Chuck, Hector Candela-Anton, Nathalie Bolduc, Jihyun Moon, Devin O'Connor, China Lunde, and Beth Thompson, have taken advantage of the information from sequenced grass genomes to ... | |
MicroRNAs Provide New Insight in Study of Autism July 01, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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MicroRNAs may play an important role in the development of autism spectrum disorder, according to a new paper by University of California, Santa Barbara professor Kenneth S. Kosik. | |
Relaxation response can influence expression of stress-related genes July 02, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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How could a single, nonpharmacological intervention help patients deal with disorders ranging from high blood pressure, to pain syndromes, to infertility, to rheumatoid arthritis? That question may have been answered by ... | |
 Parasite vaccines within reach July 03, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Even though parasites are complex creatures, the mammalian immune response to them is surprisingly simple, leading University of California, Berkeley, researchers to predict that creating vaccines for parasitic ... | |
Researchers develop neural implant that learns with the brain June 24, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Devices known as brain-machine interfaces could someday be used routinely to help paralyzed patients and amputees control prosthetic limbs with just their thoughts. Now, University of Florida researchers have taken the concept ... | |
 Zoos ask, what to do with an aged lemur? June 21, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Even as a youngster, Rollie looked older and wiser than his years. His white mustache sprouted longer by the month, until it flamed from his cheeks like a German kaiser's. Sometimes, it all but hid ... | |
 Stem cell researchers give old muscle new pep June 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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Old muscle got a shot of youthful vigor in a stem cell experiment by bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, setting the path for research on new treatments for age-related degenerative conditions ... | |
Thinking ahead: Bacteria anticipate coming changes in their environment June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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A new study by Princeton University researchers shows for the first time that bacteria don't just react to changes in their surroundings -- they anticipate and prepare for them. The findings, reported in the June 6 issue ... | |
Celestial clues hint at eclipse in Homer's Odyssey June 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Among countless other debates about Homer's Odyssey -- not the least of which is whether the entire poem can be attributed to Homer himself -- is whether Odysseus returns home to experience a total solar eclipse. But a Rockefeller ... | |
Researchers create molecule that nudges nerve stem cells to mature June 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 41 vote(s)
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Inspired by a chance discovery during another experiment, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have created a small molecule that stimulates nerve stem cells to begin maturing into nerve cells in culture. | |
'Early bird' project really gets the worm June 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Scientists from the LSU Museum of Natural Science, or MNS, recently participated in a project joining together the most prominent ornithological research programs in the world. This study – the largest study of bird genetics ... | |
In 'novel playground,' metals are formed into porous nanostructures June 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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For 5,000 years or so, the only way to shape metal has been to "heat and beat." Even in modern nanotechnology, working with metals involves carving with electron beams or etching with acid. | |
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