Results from a new study suggest that oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy may yield…
Month: July 2010
Decontaminating dangerous drywall
A nanomaterial originally developed to fight toxic waste is now helping reduce debilitating fumes in…
New cellular ‘armor’ developed to prevent infection by AIDS virus
Researchers have developed a novel method of attack against the AIDS virus that involves creating…
Blowing in the wind: Cassini helps with dune whodunit on Saturn’s moon Titan
The answer to the mystery of dune patterns on Saturn’s moon Titan did turn out…
DXG to offer $600 3D Pocket Camcorder (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com – With 3D movies gaining acceptance and 3D HDTVs on the market, it was…
Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART] (Mashable)
Mashable – Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller Inception (staring the palpably handsome Leonardo DiCaprio) nabs the…
The Week of Leaks
Wikileaks this week let fly with a gusher of data, and at 90,000 documents strong,…
Tools that assess bias in standardized tests are flawed, study finds
Overturning more than 40 years of accepted practice, new research proves that the tools used…
Reforestation projects capture more carbon than industrial plantations, new research reveals
Australian scientists researching environmental restoration projects have found that the reforestation of damaged rainforests is…
Diet and alcohol alter epigenetics of breast cancer, study suggests
Researchers have shown that the epigenetic profiles of breast tumors are related to patient diet…