Catnip, the plant that attracts domestic cats like an irresistible force, has proven 99 percent…
Month: December 2010
New mechanism links cellular stress and brain damage
A new study uncovers a mechanism linking a specific type of cellular stress with brain…
Type 1 diabetes: Grow your own transplant? Human testes cells turned into insulin-producing islet cells
Men with type 1 diabetes may be able to grow their own insulin-producing cells from…
Women smokers shocked into giving up habit by seeing effect on their faces, study finds
Seeing the effect smoking will have on their faces shocks women into giving up the…
Practical, tunable, 3-D microdroplet laser developed
Scientists have developed a microdroplet 3-D laser system in which laser light shines forth in…
Cellular protein hobbles HIV-1
A cellular protein called BST-2 had already been known to interfere with the spread of…
Fire disaster in Israel is a typical example of expected climate change effects in the Mediterranean
The fire disaster in the Carmel Mountains near Haifa is a typical example of climate…
Study on skin formation suggests strategies to fight skin cancer
Researchers discovered that a pair of enzymes called HDACs are critical to the proper formation…
Microbatteries with nanowire hearts
Researchers have moved a step closer to creating robust, three-dimensional microbatteries that would charge faster…
Underdogs Amazon, Target take aim at iTunes, Walmart (Reuters)
Reuters – As music retailers suffer ever shrinking sales, some of the most aggressive moves…