Dry winter weather and low level mixing of pollutants from vehicle exhausts in cities leads…
Month: December 2008
Scientists Prove Endothelial Cells Give Rise To Blood Stem Cells
Stem cell researchers have proven definitively that blood stem cells are made during mid-gestational embryonic…
‘Zinc Zipper’ Plays Key Role In Hospital-acquired Infections
Scientists are exploring a “zinc zipper” that holds bacterial cells together and plays a key…
New Mouse Model Of Prion Disease: Mutant Proteins Result In Infectious Prion Disease In Mice
Scientists have created an infectious prion disease in a mouse model, in a step that…
Inner Workings Of The Immune System Filmed
Forget what’s number one at the box office this week. The most exciting new film…
EDS chief executive Rittenmeyer to retire (CNET)
CNET – Friday brought more details of Hewlett-Packard’s merger with computer services giant Electronic Data…
United Kingdom: Climate change activists to rally
BBC: Thousands of protesters have joined a mass rally in London to call on the…
Wisconsin boasts most manure-to-energy projects
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: When it comes to generating renewable energy, Wisconsin lacks the high winds…
United Kingdom: Home turbines a waste
Manchester Evening News: ROOF-mounted wind turbines in typical areas of Manchester generate barely enough electricity…
Conservation atlas reveals ‘most valuable’ forest
New Scientist: new atlas shows how conservation efforts can most efficiently make use of limited…