All news dated 05/16/2008

Medicine & Health

Sight Recovery After Blindness Offers New Insights on Brain Reorganization

Study revives Olympic prospects for amputee sprinter

Disabling mouse enzyme increases fertility

Biosensor for measuring stress in cells

New research tracks effects of addictive drugs on brain

Bone drug could help prevent the spread of breast cancer

Separation from mom, dad linked with learning trouble in kids

Top grades not always needed to become a doctor

Study shows that administering calcium and magnesium effectively reduces neurological sensitivity

New drug combination brings 1-2 punch against acute leukemia

Chemotherapy might help cancer vaccines work

Common virus may serve as target for vaccine in fight against deadly brain tumors

Lung cancer patients can tolerate post-surgery exercise, and can benefit from it

Protein predicts Gleevec resistance in gastrointestinal tumors

General Science

Entrepreneurs value 'ideas' over weatlh, study finds

Item! Candidates are buying your vote

Sulfur in marine archaeological shipwrecks -- the 'hull story' gives a sour aftertaste

Novel enzyme inhibitor paves way for new cancer drug

Inject rational argument into embryo debate, says expert

Technology

Precision control of movement in robots

Automotive safety systems get more dependable

Space & Earth science

Scientists identified earthquake faults in Sichuan, China

Thirty-Meter Telescope Focuses on Two Candidate Sites

Pioneering landscape-scale research releases first findings

Physics

Snakes Hear in Stereo

Rochester's Omega Laser Receives 50-Fold Power Increase to Become 'Petawatt' Laser