All news dated 12/11/2007

Medicine & Health RSS

Infants Fine-Tune Their Visual and Auditory Skills in First Year of Life, Psychologist Says

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Overall, illicit drug use by American teens continues gradual decline in 2007

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Why the Switch Stays On: Scientists Discover Reasons Behind Cancerous Cellular Interactions

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists develop new drug to outflank cancer resistance

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Cancer cell line developed that is resistant to new cancer therapy

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Kids more active when playground has balls, jump ropes, study shows

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Up to half of hypertension patients are not reaching blood pressure goals

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Study finds gene linked to aggressive prostate cancer

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Lays classic chips recalled in north Texas

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 1.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Paying for Donor Organs Could Drastically Increase Availability

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Smoking associated with increased risk of diabetes

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Leukemia vaccine tested in clinical trials

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 1 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Back to Nature rice crackers recalled

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists seek to assess the microbial risks in the water we drink

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Petersen-brand braunschweiger is recalled

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

General Science RSS

Parents blind to children’s risk taking & skilled risk management

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Men more optimistic than women on economy

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Protein-dependent 'switch' regulates intracellular trafficking in epithelial cells

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Skiers look at their back yard, not slopes

December 11, 2007 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Survey: People know much about chimps

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Making schools more successful for more students more of the time

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers build new model of bio-exploration

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Analysis of documentary photos revises history

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

New computational technique can predict drug side effects

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Judge rules for Floridians who lost trees

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Technology RSS

IMEC increases performance of high-k metal gate planar CMOS and FinFETs

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Electronic Devices RSS

Dell Adds New Touch to Tablet PCs

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Space & Earth science RSS

Hazy red sunset on extrasolar planet

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Mars Orbiter Examines 'Lace' and 'Lizard Skin' Terrain

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 29 vote(s) | pda version

New study increases concerns about climate model reliability

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 30 vote(s) | pda version

Early warning system predicted shaking from Oct. 30 quake

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Greenland melt accelerating, according to CU-Boulder study

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

Rising CO2 signals wetter storms for Northern Hemisphere

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Earthquake Season in the Himalayan Front

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

Software help Mars rovers find winter havens

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Arctic Impact Crater Lake Reveals Interglacial Cycles in Sediments

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | pda version

New model revises estimates of terrestrial carbon dioxide uptake

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

New NASA Mission to Reveal Moon's Internal Structure and Evolution

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

New carbon calculator conserves forests

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Envisat captures South Korea's crude oil leak

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Boeing launches second COSMO satellite

December 11, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version