Earth & Environment - Sep 24, 2009 20:06 - 0 Comments
Breed a better cow from the embryo up
IOWA STATE (US)—A team of researchers is working to determine the genetic makeup of calves by testing before they are born, or even earlier—before pregnancy. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 24, 2009 19:41 - 2 Comments
Mapping a baby’s retina for signs of blindness
DUKE (US)—New imaging technology may go a long way to improving diagnosis and treatment of a condition that causes blindness in premature babies. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 24, 2009 18:25 - 0 Comments
Needles necessary to stem seasonal flu
U. MICHIGAN (US)—A flu shot is 50 percent more effective than nasal spray vaccine in preventing seasonal influenza in healthy adults, a new study shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 24, 2009 15:26 - 0 Comments
Chimp see, chimp do: Clues to empathy
EMORY (US)—Researchers have documented the first example of a chimpanzee empathizing with 3-D animation—in this case, a yawning ape. The findings could help in the design of animation therapy for children with autism. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 24, 2009 13:58 - 1 Comment
Tooling MRIs to pinpoint prostate cancer
RUTGERS (US)—Computerized tools may soon improve the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to help doctors identify prostate cancer. The technique potentially could be adapted for imaging breast cancer and other forms of cancer. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 24, 2009 4:00 - 1 Comment
Rome digitally rebuilt in hours
U. WASHINGTON (US)—Using a new computer algorithm, researchers were able to take 150,000 tourist photos tagged “Roma” or “Rome” downloaded from the photo sharing Web site Flickr and combine them into a single 3-D digital model in about 21 hours. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 23, 2009 4:38 - 2 Comments
A better way to turn out turbine blades
IOWA STATE (US)–Researchers are working to develop new, low-cost manufacturing systems that could improve the productivity of turbine blade factories by as much as 35 percent. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 23, 2009 4:22 - 2 Comments
Molecules star in holographic 3-D movies
NYU (US)–A new technique for recording three-dimensional movies of microscopic systems, such as biological molecules, through holographic video has the potential to improve medical diagnostics and drug discovery. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 23, 2009 4:00 - 1 Comment
Watching glass age in slow motion
U. PENN (US)–Despite thousands of years of household and industrial use, certain aspects of glasses have perplexed physicists. Now researchers have found new clues to why the dynamics of glasses get slower and more sluggish as they age. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 23, 2009 3:06 - 5 Comments
Smoking takes a backseat to mental health
NORTHWESTERN (US)–People with mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety are the heaviest smokers in the country, but doctors are not recommending they quit, according to a recent study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 22, 2009 12:59 - 6 Comments
Age of first drink linked to alcoholism
WASHINGTON-ST. LOUIS (US)—The age at which a person takes a first drink may influence genes linked to alcoholism, making the youngest drinkers the most susceptible to severe problems, a new study finds. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 22, 2009 12:01 - 0 Comments
Crystals to grow in low gravity on Space Station
IOWA STATE (US)—An experiment to study crystal growth patterns in a microgravity environment that is on its way to the International Space Station may have important implications for developing new materials. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 22, 2009 11:21 - 2 Comments
In the tropics, outbreak and changing landscape
PENN STATE (US)—An international team of researchers is in Ghana as part of a five-year effort to investigate how changes in the environment affect a deforming tropical disease called Buruli ulcer. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 21, 2009 20:38 - 9 Comments
Love’s not the only reason women have sex
TEXAS-AUSTIN (US)—Challenging the idea that women’s sexual motivations are tied exclusively to romantic emotions or reproduction, a new study finds woman are motivated by a wide array of reasons—from boredom to altruism to revenge. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 21, 2009 19:20 - 3 Comments
Design database: What’s in a name?
CORNELL (US)—Jan Jennings, professor of design and environmental analysis at Cornell University, has produced the first searchable online database for names of contemporary design with images of existing buildings, which, she says, have for the most part gone unnamed and undocumented for decades, and in some cases, centuries. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 21, 2009 18:32 - 2 Comments
Gene bends rules of brain development
UNC CHAPEL HILL (US)—A critical gene has been identified in determining if the brain will develop normally. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 21, 2009 17:13 - 2 Comments
Game theory says give, not receive, flu vaccine
DUKE (US)—Because supplies of the H1N1 influenza vaccine are expected to be short, governments may be tempted to buy large quantities of vaccine and antiviral treatments to protect their citizens. Yet a new game theory model suggests that, in the case of some epidemics, countries would be best served by giving their drug supplies to another country. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 21, 2009 15:58 - 0 Comments
Human activity threatens world’s river deltas
An image of the Pearl River Delta in China taken by NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour during the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission in 2000. The areas below sea level are shown in purple. (Courtesy: NASA/CSDMS/University of Colorado)
