All news dated 09/07/2006

Medicine & Health

How big is the energy gap in obesity? Top expert warns of public misunderstanding

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

Girls perform better on tests when feuding parents divorce

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

New sunscreen ingredient to heal sunburn and help prevent skin cancer

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Appetite – it’s a brain thing

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Study suggests a second dimension to Alzheimer's disease

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

A Mouse for Every Gene

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Feelings matter less to teenagers

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Boston Scientific admits stent risks

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers identify key step in cocaine-induced heart enlargement, sudden death

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 1.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Study: Caesarean babies more likely to die

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

General Science

Researchers report full humanization of therapeutic proteins from yeast

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

First U.S. survey on 'whiteness' conducted

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 2.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

Slow recovery from U.S. beef boycotts

September 07, 2006 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Technology

New battery technology announced

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 53 vote(s) | pda version

Silicon Valley cuts the Internet cord

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Building on Shifting Sands: Professors Study Clay-fluid Interactions

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Space & Earth science

Opportunity Nears Martian Victoria Bowl Goal

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

SMART-1 impact flash and debris: Crash scene investigation

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers use sound to search for gas, oil

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Hot dust and moisture collide to fuel Asian summer rainy season

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

El Nino may calm 2006 hurricane season

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Precision climate modeling forecast

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

New computer model concept could solve big, real-world problems on a small, porous scale

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 2.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Physics

The story of a 27km long machine and the fundamental building blocks of the Universe

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | pda version

New Oxford spin-out to transform surfaces

September 07, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version