There is fresh hope that the world’s depleted fisheries can be saved from collapse, say…
Month: July 2009
Rates Of Severe Childhood Obesity Have Tripled
Rates of severe childhood obesity have tripled in the last 25 years, putting many children…
Science Adopts A New Definition Of Seawater
The world’s peak ocean science body has adopted a new definition of seawater developed by…
Study Of Pulmonary Hypertension Treatment In Sickle Cell Patients Stopped Early Due To Safety Concerns
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the NIH has stopped a clinical trial…
Physicists Show Way To Count Sweets In A Jar — From Inside The Jar
The question of how many sweets are in a jar depends on the shapes and…
Male Germ Cells Can Be Directly Converted Into Other Cell Types
Researchers have found a way to directly convert spermatogonial stem cells, the precursors of sperm…
Nanotubes May Reach A Meter Long With New Technique
Scientists have developed a method for making “odako,” bundles of single-walled carbon nanotubes named for…
Bald songbird discovered in Laos
Scientists discover a striking new species of bald songbird in a limestone region of South…
Former Google VP Suggests User-Based Security at Black Hat (PC World)
PC World – At the Black Hat security conference on Wednesday, former Google VP of…
NASA Says It’s on the Right Manned Spaceflight Trajectory
Engineers designing NASA’s next moon rocket denied that the human space flight program dubbed “Constellation”…