Scientists investigate how our memories of Beatles songs help us tap into the long forgotten…
Month: September 2008
‘Climate crisis’ needs brain gain
The former UK chief scientist says the climate challenge is so great, it demands the…
Old Web idea of micropayments finally finds a home (AP)
AP – Seventeen-year-old Alexis Corocan spends about $5 a month on clothes, accessories and eyes…
Chemobrain Treatment? Potential Remedy For The ‘Mental Fog’ In Cancer Patients
Cancer patients have complained for years about the mental fog known as chemobrain. Now in…
Plant-parasitic Nematode Genome Sequenced
The annotated genome of one of the most destructive nematodes — Meloidogyne incognita — the…
What A Sleep Study Can Reveal About Fibromyalgia
Research engineers and sleep medicine specialists from two Michigan universities have joined technical and clinical…
Major Flooding Risk Could Span Decades After Chinese Earthquake
Up to 20 million people, thousands of whom are already displaced from their homes following…
Cardiac Cell Transplant Studies Show Promise In Cardiac Tissue Repair
Two studies involving cardiac cell transplantation have shown an evolving role for bone marrow cells…
Fatal Protein Interactions May Explain Neurological Diseases
Researchers have investigated how proteins involved in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease…