Cancer patients who wore acupressure wristbands had much less nausea while receiving radiation treatment, making…
Month: April 2009
Dust Cover Jettisoned From NASA’s Kepler Telescope
Engineers have successfully ejected the dust cover from NASA’s Kepler telescope, a spaceborne mission soon…
Medication May Improve Portal Hypertension
In a new study, a therapeutic agent called sorafenib dramatically improved the condition of rats…
Amalgam Fillings Are Safe, But Skeptics Still Claim Controversy, Researcher Says
Dental amalgam has been shown to be safe and effective for years, yet unfounded controversy…
Human ES Cells Progress Slowly In Myelin’s Direction
Scientists have successfully created, from human embryonic stem (ES) cells, cells that can make myelin,…
Scientists Pinpoint The ‘Edge Of Space’
Where does Earth stop and space begin? 118-kilometers above the ground, according to scientists who…
Bluetooth SIG Brushes Up Version 3.0
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has confirmed that an update to the wireless technology will…
How Fast Can Carbon Capture and Storage Fix Climate Change?
Scientific American: Human activity results in the emission of some 30 billion metric tons of…
United States: Save some cash, get unplugged
Associated Press: For Ben Veligdan, a music teacher in Brooklyn’s Coney Island neighborhood, opening the…
Project Will Monitor Gulf Pollution From Farm Runoff
redOrbit: Bill Deutsch, of Auburn University, has launched a new project that is aimed at…