Trials of electric cars are among measures to be announced in this month’s Budget, Gordon…
Month: April 2009
Era of personalised medicine awaits
A revolution is promised by US scientists who plan to read the genetic codes of…
Elan Challenges Apple’s Use of Touchscreens
Elan Microelectronics is attempting to take a bite out of Apple. The Taiwan-based developer of…
Shouting Protesters Confront Authors Guild on Kindle Restrictions
A group representing the blind and other people with disabilities protested limitations to the new…
Acupuncture ‘Probably Ineffective’ In Treatment Of Hot Flushes
Acupuncture cannot be shown to have any positive effect on hot flashes during menopause. This…
Better Way To Manufacture Fast Computer Chips Developed
Engineers are developing a technique for mass producing computer chips made from the same material…
Light Reveals Breast Tumor Oxygen Status
Light directed at a breast tumor through a needle can provide pathologists with biological specifics…
Poison — It’s What’s For Dinner: Hunt Narrows For Genes That Let Packrats Eat Creosote
As the US Southwest grew warmer from 18,700 to 10,000 years ago, juniper trees vanished…
Has HIV Become More Virulent?
Damage to patients’ immune systems is happening sooner now than it did at the beginning…
Wild Chimpanzees Exchange Meat For Sex, Researchers Find
Wild female chimpanzees copulate more frequently with males who share meat with them over long…