Contrary to popular notions about what is normal or healthy, new research has found that…
Month: June 2008
Designer ‘Nanobatons’ Could Be Used To Trap Oil, Deliver Drugs: Nanoparticles Assemble By Millions
In a development that could lead to new technologies for cleaning up oil spills and…
US Soldiers In High-tuberculosis Areas Face New Epidemic: False Positives
US Army service members are increasingly deployed in regions of the world where tuberculosis is…
Getting Better With A Little Help From Our ‘Micro’ Friends
A naturally occurring molecule made by symbiotic gut bacteria may offer a new type of…
Why Some Treatments Rescue Aging Skin
Dozens of studies show collagen repair is possible and demonstrate why three types of available…
Traditional Mediterranean Diet Protects Against Diabetes, Study Suggests
Adherence to Mediterranean diet and risk of developing diabetes: prospective cohort study. The Mediterreanean diet…
Unnatural roots of the food crisis
Why the loss of biodiversity and abandonment of ecology-friendly farming undermine attempts to feed the…
Nvidia’s Tegra Line Puts Computer on a Mobile Chip
On Monday, Nvidia upped the ante on Intel. The company introduced the Tegra family of…
Getting a Handle on the iPhone’s 3G Potential
Buzz about the new iPhone — expected to be released in June — has less…
Why Pay a Premium for Preloaded Linux?
Well, it was a relatively quiet week on the Linux blogs last week, as schools…