All news dated 02/07/2008

Medicine & Health RSS

Sleep duration may play important role in childhood obesity

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

Teenage fathers are more likely to have babies affected by birth problems

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists link closer kinship with reproductive success

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Tattooing improves response to DNA vaccine

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Close ties between parents and babies yield benefits for preschoolers

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Moderate prenatal exposure to alcohol and stress in monkeys can cause touch sensitivity

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Dust trackers plan alert system

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Novel compound may lessen heart attack damage

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Discrimination against blacks linked to dehumanization, study finds

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

FDA OKs heart valve made from human tissue

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

New technique for treating blocked coronary arteries shows promise

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

Lower-income neighborhoods associated with higher obesity rates

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists detect fatal copper disorder at birth

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Rutgers center sparks 'liquid bandage,' a new frontline wound treatment

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Study suggests new therapy for lung disease patients

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Retail tobacco displays make it tougher to quit

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

HIV drugs, Abacavir and Didanosine increase the risk of heart attack

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Asian women at risk for arterial defect

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Might fish provide Lowe-down on boyhood disease?

February 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Impaired fat-burning gene worsens diabetes

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Team treatment for depression cuts medical costs

February 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

New training method for hip surgery

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Elderly more likely to deny smoking when asked

February 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Claim: Diabetes study increases death risk

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Poor health literacy cause for alarm

February 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Friends' school achievement influences high school girls' interest in math

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Genes and environment interact in first graders to predict physical but not social aggression

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

General Science RSS

How water shrews find prey in the dark

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Root or shoot? EAR calls the shots

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Researcher leads international effort to create 'proteinpedia'

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

Barnacles go to great lengths for sex

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Madagascar's tortoises are crawling toward extinction, groups say

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Probing Question: What is a red tide?

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

Pure mathematics behind the mechanics

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version

Super Tuesday results indicate race card may be a joker in primaries

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

New cements for vertebral lesions

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

An Illuminating Great Lakes Tale: The Alewife and the Opossum Shrimp

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Comatose locusts may help relieve migraines

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Corporate social responsibility: less profit, more value

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Tomato pathogen genome may offer clues about bacterial evolution at dawn of agriculture

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Baby elephant euthanized at animal park

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Voter engagement higher than usual in 2008

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Technology RSS

Computer interaction gets some humanity

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

EPIC: Building the Perfect Chip

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

Space & Earth science RSS

Atlantis Begins Mission to the Space Station

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | pda version

Coral reefs may be protected by natural ocean thermostat

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

U.S. OKs uranium search near Grand Canyon

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers give new hybrid vehicle its first test drive in the ocean

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s) | pda version

Detective work solves zinc smelter puzzle

February 07, 2008 | User rating: 1.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version