Due to increasing life-spans and improving health many populations are “aging” more slowly than conventional…
Month: September 2010
New report seeks to improve climate forecasts
From farmers to government officials in charge of efficiently managing Earth’s precious water and energy…
Use of medication for insomnia or anxiety may increase mortality risk, study suggests
Taking medications to treat insomnia and anxiety increases mortality risk by 36 percent, according to…
Conditional small RNA molecules can kill cancer cells and leave healthy cells alone
In a recent study, researchers demonstrated that conditional small RNA molecules can effectively kill lab-grown…
Diet-induced obesity accelerates leukemia, study shows
The first study to demonstrate that obesity can directly accelerate the progression of acute lymphoblastic…
First detailed image of disc around young star
New research carried out using ESO telescopes has, for the first time, allowed astronomers to…
Nokia dumps CEO, turns to Microsoft exec (AP)
AP – Nokia Corp. is replacing CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo with Microsoft executive Stephen Elop as…
Brain needs to remember faces in three dimensions
In our dynamic 3-D world, we can encounter a familiar face from any angle and…
Gene discovery holds key to growing crops in cold climates
Fresh insight into how plants slow their growth in cold weather could help scientists develop…
Keeping stem cells from changing fates
Researchers have determined why certain stem cells are able to stay stem cells. A recent…