A study has found that oral folic acid may provide a safe and inexpensive treatment…
Month: May 2010
Nano parfait a treat for scientists: Researchers spin pure batches of nanotubes species
In two new papers, researchers report using ultracentrifugation to create highly purified samples of carbon…
Restless legs syndrome: French-Canadian families at higher risk
Restless legs syndrome, which causes an irresistible desire to move legs, appears to be a…
Did phosphorus trigger complex evolution — and blue skies?
The evolution of complex life forms may have gotten a jump start billions of years…
Internet ‘Hijacking’ Leaves Networks Vulnerable
In 1998, a hacker told Congress that he could bring down the Internet in 30…
De-Cluttering Your Digital Life Can Set You Free
We’ve got multiple e-mail accounts, social networks, media streams, blogs, Web sites, electronic calendars, instant…
Airline Merger Poses Customer-Service Concerns
Whose service will greet passengers at the merged Continental and United airline: Continental’s highly rated…
Online in Seconds Flat: Quick-Starting Operating Systems
No-one wants to wait forever for a computer to boot up. Yet that’s exactly what…
Tags in eagle study ‘not ideal’
Radio tags used to track young lambs during a study of sea eagle behaviour were…
Science closing in on mystery of age-related memory loss, says neurobiologist
The world’s scientific community may be one step closer to understanding age-related memory loss, and…