All news dated 11/27/2006

Medicine & Health

Study of language use in children suggests sex influences how brain processes words

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

Rote learning improves memory in seniors

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

Human testis harbors HIV-1 in resident immune cells

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Long-term cancer risk follows stem cell transplant recipients

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Fingerprint technology pioneered in Leicester -- To identify the dead

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Old antibiotic is finally synthesized

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 13 vote(s) | pda version

236,000 birds killed in flu outbreak

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Use folic acid to cut heart disease, say experts

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 12 vote(s) | pda version

Sheltering Of Messages May Help Cancer Cells Defeat Therapy

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Cloning techniques produce FDA-approved antibiotic

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Aching back? Sitting up straight could be the culprit

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | pda version

Ecstasy can harm the brains of first-time users

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version

Caffeine abuse becoming health problem

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 13 vote(s) | pda version

Elasticity imaging identifies cancers and reduces breast biopsies

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | pda version

Prostate surgery guidelines revised

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Quest for better breast cancer drugs

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

General Science

Lessons learned from drought deaths 40,000 years ago

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists solve mystery of how largest cellular motor protein powers movement

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 10 vote(s) | pda version

Report: U.S. R&D publications decline

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Humpback whales have brain cells also found in humans

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | pda version

Radiologists attempt to solve mystery of Tut's demise

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

A giant among minnows: Giant danio can keep growing

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Men become the main target in the new gender wars

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 20 vote(s) | pda version

A mounain lion mystery -- what killed P8?

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

Vitamin E crucial to plants' survival of the cold, study finds

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 7 vote(s) | pda version

Technology

Cell phone spam widespread in China

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 1.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Space & Earth science

The topsy-turvy galaxy

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s) | pda version

Could Global Warming Be Crushing Blow to Crocodiles?

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version

Rising Sea Greater Danger to Louisiana than Sinking Land

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

Looking at the Impact of Hurricane Ivan on Florida Coasts

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Nanotechnology

New nanoassembly technique is created

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 228 vote(s) | pda version

Nanoparticles Improve Drug Targeting to Skin

November 27, 2006 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version