All news dated 01/30/2008

Medicine & Health

Where in the world

January 30, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Deep brain stimulation may improve memory

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version

Instruction expert to parents: Don’t delay school entry

January 30, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Consumption of fruits may reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Babies excrete vaccine-mercury quicker than originally thought

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Children aren't egotists

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Molecules may help predict survival in liver cancer

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Study paves way for development of macular degeneration cures

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Allergic disease linked to irritable bowel syndrome

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Explaining chemotherapy-associated nausea

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Art and medicine meet to make the world's first 'operation' gown

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

NuCel eye drops, eye-ear wash recalled

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers investigate links between prostate, cadmium, zinc

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s) | pda version

Treatment capitalizes on unique qualities of radioisotope to prolong lives of brain tumor patients

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Accelerated head growth can predict autism before behavioral symptoms start

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

Jefferson neurosurgeons using new liquid treatment for wide-neck brain aneurysm

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Intensive insulin therapy protects kidneys in critically ill patients

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Gene variant linked to moderated symptoms of beta-thalassemia

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Gene predicts heart attack response and cardiac damage

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

General Science

Iowa State researcher studies how enzymes break down cellulose

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Why don't chimpanzees like to barter commodities?

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Researchers can now determine when a human was born by looking into the eyes of the dead

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s) | pda version

Females decide whether ambitious males float or flounder

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Revolution in understanding of ion channel regulation

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

In nature -- and maybe the corner office -- scientists find that generalists can thrive

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Hot liquids release potentially harmful chemicals in polycarbonate plastic bottles

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 18 vote(s) | pda version

Do you want fries with that, Mickey?

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 4 vote(s) | pda version

African seed collection first to arrive in Norway on route to Arctic seed vault

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Does a bad January mean a bad year for share markets?

January 30, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Michigan wants hunters to shoot feral pigs

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 3 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Brits rescue 88 research monkeys

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Britain cites important algae locations

January 30, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Markets of biodiversity and equity in trade: An illusion?

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 2 vote(s) | pda version

Scientists study excess fat in chickens

January 30, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | pda version

Porous structures help boost integration of host tissue with implants, study finds

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 1 vote(s) | pda version

Technology

Engineers Shovel Their Way through Snow-Plowing Problem

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s) | pda version

Space & Earth science

As a river runs through it, a Death Valley stream offers insights into flooding and climate change

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

What goes down the drain, from ibuprofen to soaps, gets turned out to pasture via toxic sludge, researchers warn

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s) | pda version

NASA Uses Vertical Treadmill to Improve Astronaut Health in Space

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 3 vote(s) | pda version

Physics

Engineers Show How to Inhibit Fractures in Solid Surfaces of Aircraft, Electronic Devices

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s) | pda version

Hidden art could be revealed by new terahertz device

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s) | pda version

Nanotechnology

DNA technique yields 3-D crystalline organization of nanoparticles

January 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s) | pda version