A groundbreaking discovery two years ago that turned ordinary skin cells back into an embryonic…
Month: December 2009
Ubiquitous health: Enabling telemedicine to cut hospital visits, save money
A ubiquitous health monitoring system that automatically alerted the patient’s family or physician to problematic…
Patients can safely skip pre-surgery stress tests and beta blockers, study suggests
Physicians should “throttle back” from routinely ordering stress tests and prescribing beta blockers to patients…
Scientists take theoretical research on ‘nasty’ molecule to next level
Some atoms don’t always follow the rules. Take the beryllium dimer, a seemingly simple molecule…
New hope for diagnosis and treatment of intractable pediatric brain tumors
Scientists have discovered oncogenes capable of driving growth of normal human brain stem cells in…
Battle of the sexes: Ovaries must suppress their inner male
Scientists have discovered that if a specific gene located on a non-sex chromosome is turned…
FCC Gets Mixed Messages on Wireless Oversight (PC World)
PC World – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was chastised this week in a…
Taiwan says no to Tiger Woods-style animated news (AP)
AP – Taiwanese regulators have turned down an application for a television license from a…
Antiepileptic drugs not linked to suicide among those with bipolar disorder
Despite government warnings about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and actions while taking antiepileptic…
Safer space vehicles thanks to optic fiber sensors
A research team has developed a new protection system for the European Space Agency that…