Alcohol may raise the risk of breast cancer recurrence, according to a new study. Obese…
Month: December 2009
Bacteria provide new insights into human decision making
Scientists studying how bacteria under stress collectively weigh and initiate different survival strategies say they…
Fury at Copenhagen police tactics
Climate activists criticise Danish police for heavy-handed tactics after they detained 968 people at a…
Robots in the Home? Be Afraid
Eric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of…
New screening tool helps identify children at risk for developmental issues
When a baby is born, new parents often wonder, “Will he be the next President…
Synthetic protein mimics structure, function of metalloprotein in nature
Scientists have designed a synthetic protein that is both a structural model and a functional…
Potential new heart attack biomarker uncovered
Researchers have identified cardiac myosin-binding protein C as a potential new diagnostic biomarker for heart…
New research may lead to new ways to control honeybee parasite
Ground-breaking discoveries could help protect honeybees from deadly parasites that have devastated commercial colonies.
New model of skin cancer provides insights on second-most common type of cancer
Researchers have developed a new model of skin cancer based on the knowledge that a…
First known binary star is discovered to be a triplet, quadruplet, quintuplet, sextuplet system
Alcor and Mizar, were the first binary stars — a pair of stars that orbit…