Homicide of strangers by people with schizophrenia is so rare that is impossible to predict…
Month: October 2009
New Lab-on-a-chip Technique Developed
Scientists have developed a new “lab-on-a-chip” technique that analyzes tiny samples of blood and breast…
Inhibitors Of Important Tuberculosis Survival Mechanism Identified
Attempts to eradicate tuberculosis are stymied by the fact that the disease-causing bacteria have a…
Opportunity To Usurp Reproductive Power Of Royal Throne Keeps Worker Termites Home
Termite offspring may stay in their birth colony to help their queen and king parents…
Ironing Out Genetic Cause Of Hemoglobin Problems
A gene with a significant effect on regulating hemoglobin in the body has been identified…
Radio Waves ‘See’ Through Walls
Engineers have shown that a wireless network of radio transmitters can track people moving behind…
Scientist on French terror charge
French magistrates file preliminary charges against a particle physicist accused of links to al-Qaeda.
‘Big step’ needed on UK landfill
The UK’s environment Secretary Hilary Benn tells the BBC a radical rethink is needed on…
‘Veggie’ spider shuns meat diet
A spider that has an almost exclusively vegetarian diet is described by scientists.