All news dated 12/19/2007

Medicine & Health RSS

Receptor protein appears to be key in breakdown of kidney filtration

December 19, 2007 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

If you don't want to fall ill this Christmas, then share a festive kiss but don't shake hands

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

What's the rush? Taking time to acknowledge loss is not that bad

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Firefly genes allow testing of new therapy against lymphoma

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Where the brain makes sense of speech

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers discover protein that controls bone growth

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Domestic violence identified as stressor associated with smoking

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

High-Fat, High-Carb Meal More Destructive to the Obese

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Blood banks ban women from giving plasma

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Jingle bells not merry for tone-deaf individuals

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Walking and moderate exercise help prevent dementia

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Physician-scientists seek solutions to reproductive problems related to chromosomal variations

December 19, 2007 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Does treating worms in people with HIV slow progression to AIDS?

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Heart attack risk from smoking due to genetics

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Breath test can discriminate between a bacterial overgrowth and IBS

December 19, 2007 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Skatepark injuries can incur economic pain

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

General Science RSS

Squirrels use snake scent

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists Discover How Cells Build a 'Machine' for Cell Division

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

Parents show bias in sibling rivalry, says study

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

'Jekyll and Hyde' bacteria offer pest control clue

December 19, 2007 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Seabed microbe study leads to low-cost power, light for the poor

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers Investigate Supercritical Method of Converting Chicken Fat and Tall Oil into Biodiesel

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Size doesn't matter to fighting fiddler crabs

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Elevated carbon dioxide changes soil microbe mix below plants

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Plant geneticists find veritas in vino

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

New workout 'paradigm' promises to preserve value in financially troubled companies

December 19, 2007 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Variable light illuminates the distribution of picophytoplankton

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

The appeal of the underdog

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Technology RSS

UCLA scientists working to create smaller, faster integrated circuits

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Space & Earth science RSS

Loma Prieta fault not so weak?

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Two years in space for Galileo satellite

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

NASA to Begin Testing Engine That Will Power Ares Rockets

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

NASA'S GLAST satellite gets unwrapped for the holidays

December 19, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version