All news dated 04/29/2008

Medicine & Health RSS

Brain-training to improve memory boosts fluid intelligence

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s) | pda version

Rat survey may help identify human disease genes

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

New research shows consistency in synaesthetic experiences

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

A life 'lens' ordinary

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Biomarkers identified for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Immune system kick-started in moist nasal lining in sinusitis, asthma and colds

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Women's biological clock revealed: Hormone may predict age at menopause

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Restaurant inspections -- public perceptions vs. reality

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Factors affecting survival, disability of extremely premature infants identified

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Imaging study provides glimpse of alcohol's effect on brain

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Medicare costs estimated to top $21.1 billion for 5 years of care for elderly cancer patients

April 29, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Aspirin-like compounds increase insulin secretion in otherwise healthy obese people

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Online intervention paramount for reducing HIV in high-risk population

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Body image program reduces onset of obesity and eating disorders

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

New treatment could reduce chronic lung disease in premature babies

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Cancer fund promotes breastfeeding benefit

April 29, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Getting to the roots of breast cancer

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Few studies consider the appropriate measurements for assessing clinical trials in children

April 29, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

General Science RSS

Scientists, Engineers Use Autonomic Computing to Study the Secret Lives of Plants

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Ancient sunflower fuels debate about agriculture in the Americas

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Orchid sexual deceit has male wasps in a loved-up frenzy

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists determine drug target for the most potent botulinum neurotoxin

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Moral philosopher questions memory manipulation

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers examine 'great expectations' in the workplace

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 2.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Bison can thrive again, study says

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Annual study finds Houstonians' attitudes sour toward immigration

April 29, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Researchers Discover Genes for Frost Tolerance in Wheat

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Technology RSS

RFID Chips Make Luggage Transport Reliable

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

'Electronic ears' to guide mining drills

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 2 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Space & Earth science RSS

'Broken Heart' Image the Last for NASA's Long-Lived Polar Mission

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Toxic Metal Cadmium Can Enter Great Lakes Food Chain Through Algae

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Mars Express in orbit around Mars

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Life-Probing Instrument Preparing for Mission to Mars

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Safe water? Lessons from Kazakhstan

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists head to warming Alaska on ice core expedition

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Aquaculture concept leaves judges 'goggle eyed'

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 2.3 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Physics RSS

New 3-D Test Method for Biomaterials 'Flat Out' Faster

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Nanotechnology RSS

Nanoengineered barrier invented to protect plastic electronics from water degradation

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

Making a good impression: Nanoimprint lithography tests at NIST

April 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version