The right earthworms can make home septic systems work better. The wrong ones could do…
Month: July 2008
Plastic Bottle Contaminants? No Reproductive Or Developmental Effects Found In Mice From Oral Exposure To Low Doses Of Bisphenol A
A new multigenerational reproductive toxicity study of dietary Bisphenol A (BPA) in mice found no…
Robot Playmates May Help Children With Autism
Scientists studying interactions of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders with bubble-blowing robots confirm what has…
Epilepsy Drug May Increase Risk Of Birth Defects
Taking the epilepsy drug topiramate alone or along with other epilepsy drugs during pregnancy may…
Commercial Bees Spreading Disease To Wild Pollinating Bees
Bees provide crucial pollination service to numerous crops and up to a third of the…
MySpace Casts Lot With OpenID
The online hangout MySpace took another step Tuesday in cooperating with rival Internet services, joining…
Hormone Oxytocin May Inhibit Social Phobia
Scientists have shown using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) that the hormone oxytocin can inhibit…
Molecular Hula Hoop Nanorotor
Japanese researchers have observed the action of a nanorotor on the molecular scale. They were…
How Gastric Reflux May Trigger Asthma
Researchers appear to have solved at least a piece of a puzzle that has mystified…
Super-Resolution X-ray Microscopy Unveils Buried Secrets Of The Nanoworld
A novel super-resolution X-ray microscope combines the high penetration power of x-rays with high spatial…