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Scientists demonstrate effective new 'biopsy in a blood test' to detect cancer

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute, Scripps Health, and collaborating cancer physicians have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of an advanced blood test for detecting and analyzing circulating ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Article addresses the e-patient phenomenon

A team of scholars from the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis and the University of Maryland School of Nursing published the first article in academic nursing literature about the electronic-savvy patient, or ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Decoding brain waves to eavesdrop on what we hear

Neuroscientists may one day be able to hear the imagined speech of a patient unable to speak due to stroke or paralysis, according to University of California, Berkeley, researchers.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Oil is more toxic than previously thought, study finds

Bad news for the Gulf of Mexico: a study released in late December sheds new light on the toxicity of oil in aquatic environments, and shows that environmental impact studies currently in use may be inadequate. The report ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Open source licensing defuses copyright law's threat to medicine

(Medical Xpress) -- Enforcing copyright law could potentially interfere with patient care, stifle innovation and discourage research, but using open source licensing instead can prevent the problem, according to a physician ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sunlight and bunker oil a fatal combination for Pacific herring

The 2007 Cosco Busan disaster, which spilled 54,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay, had an unexpectedly lethal impact on embryonic fish, devastating a commercially and ecologically important species for nearly ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Discovering Autism: An unsettling boom

Amber Dias couldn't be sure what was wrong with her little boy.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Non-porn players rush to grab .xxx websites

Colleges, museums and well known groups have rushed to grab online addresses in the ".xxx" domain to prevent porn purveyors from using their names in the Internet's new red light district.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study shows how nutrient levels affect enzyme associated with aging process

(Medical Xpress) -- Restricting calorie intake extends life span in many species, and a new study at the School of Medicine helps illuminate how: Low-nutrient conditions activate an enzyme that helps cells complete their ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

California's glass ceiling may take a century to crack

(PhysOrg.com) -- The proportion of women who lead California’s largest companies is growing at such a slow pace that it will take more than a century for women business leaders to achieve parity with men, a UC Davis ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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