All news dated 10/22/2007

Medicine & Health

MIT works toward novel therapeutic device

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Common virus may help doctors treat deadly brain tumors

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Excess female to male births in Canada linked to chronic dioxin exposure

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Broccoli sprout-derived extract protects against ultraviolet radiation

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

Sleep loss linked to psychiatric disorders

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 21 vote(s) | pda version

A longer-living, healthier mouse that could hold clues to human aging

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Emotional well-being has no influence on cancer survival

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Clues to ensuring anti-HIV drugs are taken in Africa

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

An eye for an eye: using stem cells to treat damaged eyes and a rare skin disorder

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

New inhibitor has potential as cancer drug

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists discover how gold eases pain of arthritis

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s) | pda version

Are some men predisposed to pedophilia?

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

FDA OKs Ixempra for advanced breast cancer

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Is a good night's sleep crucial for your health?

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Autism Consortium releases data on genes involved in autism to researchers worldwide

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Zinc may reduce pneumonia risk in nursing home elderly

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Influenza vaccine causes weaker immune response for rural children

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

FDA expands meningitis vaccine approval

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Childhood epilepsy research offers new hope for seizure control

October 22, 2007 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Study: U.K. physicians are better trained

October 22, 2007 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

General Science

Scientists uncover how hormones achieve their effects

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Chemistry of San Andreas Fault may offer clues to earthquake mysteries

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

At Busy Airports, Only Laptops Go Through Security Screening Quickly

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Ancient elephant bones found in Calif.

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Tiny capers pack big disease-fighting punch

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

Florida's butterfly population struggles

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Giant flock of lapwings discovered

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

British cod stocks rebounding

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Technology

Landfill alternative to generate energy

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

Electronic Devices

Nokia N81 8GB shipping globally

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Epson Develops All-in-One LCD with Integrated Touch Panel and Cover

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

Space & Earth science

Professor says harmful byproducts of fossil fuels could be higher in urban areas

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Space sensors shed new light on air quality

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Successful Ariane 5 upper-stage engine re-ignition experiment

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Calif. preparing to sue EPA

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Shipping suffers as Great Lakes shrink

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Palm oil putting orangutans at risk

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

NASA opens new seed money COTS competition

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Erosion threatens Alaskans

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

City turns lights out Saturday to conserve

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Physics

NC State Nuclear Reactor Program Celebrates Scientific Breakthrough

October 22, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 18 vote(s) | pda version