All news dated 02/29/2008

Medicine & Health

Children with autism may learn from 'virtual peers'

Popular alternative therapy for psoriasis performs no better than placebo

Mouse study: Real-time imaging device may improve surgery for congenital colon disease

Certain vitamin supplements may increase lung cancer risk, especially in smokers

Learning how to say 'no' to alcohol advertising and peer pressure works for inner-city adolescents

New study shows low-fat diets more likely to reduce risk of heart disease than low-carb diets

Turning Bacteria into Cancer-Fighting Robots Wins Researcher $1 Million Grant

Study identifies reasons patients referred late to nephrologists

Genetic factors in smoking also increase risk of chronic bronchitis

Intensive insulin therapy may be harmful to the critically ill

Mayo researchers look for explanation behind high incidence of diabetes among Asian Indians

When the rules of the game are broken: Research studies sports injuries related to illegal activity

New study of targeted therapies for breast cancer -- model for global clinical trials

Suicide rates among young Scottish men fall by over 40 percent

When couples face the diagnosis of cancer, women carry a larger emotional burden than men

General Science

Darwin was wrong about the wild origin of the chicken

Technology uses live cells to detect food-borne pathogens, toxins

Device allows scientists to control gene activity across generations of cells

Improving the quality of laboratory data with computer modeling

Technology

Gesture-driven computers

Emails show Microsoft's Vista problems

Fitness@home – A training center in your living room

Space & Earth science

Carbon calculator provides personalized footprint

Rock studies help crack questions of glacier thinning in West Antarctica

Saturn dominates during March, while Jupiter moves onto the stage

Endeavour 'Go' For Launch on March 11

Large source of nitrate, a potential water contaminant, found in near-surface desert soils

Stakeholders use science to find common ground on wood supply from forests

Physics

SSRL Beamline 13 Achieves First Light