All news dated 10/23/2006

Medicine & Health

Honey bee genome holds clues to social behavior

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers add to understanding of how brain cells communicate

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists find a key to immune system's ability to remember

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

Neuroscientists pinpoint brain site for rapid learning

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Stretching bone marrow stem cells pushes them towards becoming blood vessel

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Vegetables, not fruit, help fight memory problems in old age

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers report initial success in promising approach to prevent tooth decay

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version

Frito-Lay plans healthy chips

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Many teens lose migraines as they reach adulthood

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

North American birds in avian flu study

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Should patients undergoing surgery take Aspirin?

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Aussies produce fertility pill for men

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Insurance plan penalizes smokers, obese

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 1.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Fat Tissue Engineers Gather to Swap Notes on Repairing Human Tissue

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Analysis: Condition could predict life or death in heart patients

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Canada OK's silicone gel implants

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Debate sparked over U.S. drug spending

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 1 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

General Science

A new acceleration additive for making 'ice that burns'

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 16 vote(s) | pda version

Bargain or waste of money? Consumers don't always agree

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 2.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Different strategies underlie the ecology of microbial invasions

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Female Pronghorns Choose Mate Based on Substance as Well as Show

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Study in birds suggests method of learning affects how the brain adds neurons

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

Lonely managers left in the middle of nowhere, new study reveals

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists study mistrustful relationships

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 1.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Electronic Devices

Samsung Develops First 50nm DRAM Chip

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | pda version

Space & Earth science

Russian Unmanned Ship Is Launched

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

San Jacinto Fault Younger than Thought, with Faster Slip Rate

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Geologists Make Better Estimates of Rock Ages, Study Global Climate Change

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Tiny 'Housekeeper' Crabs Help Prevent Coral Death in South Pacific

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Gulf bay double whammy: rising seas, dammed rivers

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

EPA: Recycling up and trash down

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Physics

Ground Breaking New Science at SLAC

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | pda version

Nanotechnology

MIT reveals inner lives of red blood cells

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version

Modification Turns Ultra-Short Nanotubes into Molecule-Like Drug Capsules

October 23, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version