By analyzing sediments up to 4,000 years old, an environmental scientist is hoping to provide…
Month: February 2010
Link between human birth defect syndrome, cancer metastasis explored
Some cells are natural rule-breakers. Neural crest cells for example, not only migrate throughout the…
Baker’s yeast: A promising, natural therapy for cancer?
Researchers are investigating the potential use of nonpathogenic baker’s yeast as a promising, natural therapy…
Scientists map epigenome of human stem cells during development
Singapore and US scientists have mapped major components of the epigenome and DNA methylation for…
Spherical cows help to dump metabolism law
Apparently, the mysterious “3/4 law of metabolism” — proposed by Max Kleiber in 1932, printed…
Kindle May Get Touchscreen To Battle Apple’s iPad (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – Amazon.com has reportedly purchased a leading touchscreen innovator in an apparent bid to…
Dinosaur had colourful feathers
A study of a 150 million year old dinosaur fossil has revealed it had striking…
Intel Pushes out VPro for Core I5, I7 Processors (PC World)
PC World – Intel on Thursday announced a new vPro platform for its Core processors…
House Democrats challenge Comcast, NBC on deal (AP)
AP – Congressional Democrats challenged executives from Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal on Thursday to…
AT&T Allows 3G Slingplayer: New Leaf Turning? (PC World)
PC World – The Slingplayer iPhone app, once the poster child for everything wrong with…