A compound which acts in the opposite way as growth hormone can reverse some of…
Month: December 2010
Skype CEO offers apology, credit for Wednesday’s outage (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson – After a daylong outage that left untold millions of Skype users high…
IE9 Blocks Malware, But Older Versions Are Vulnerable (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – It’s one step forward and one back for security on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer…
Measuring fatigue through the voice: Speech ‘flattens’ after 24 hours awake
Researchers in Australia have developed a new method to analyze the effect of fatigue on…
Cornstarch might have ended the Gulf spill agony sooner
The attempt to kill the Macondo well in the US Gulf by pouring heavy mud…
Some cancer drugs may block cellular ‘cross talk’ but not kill cancer cells
A class of drugs thought to kill cancer cells may in fact block “cross talk”…
Researchers train software to help monitor climate change
A computer program that automatically analyzes mounds of satellite images and other data could help…
Breakthrough in melanoma research: Protein suppresses progression of melanoma
In a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for patients with malignant melanoma, researchers…
Placebos work — even without deception
Patients who were knowingly given placebos for irritable bowel syndrome experienced significant symptom relief when…
Skyfire Launches Popular $4.99 Browser for iPad
Almost two months after its iPhone version effectively sold out on Apple’s App Store, Skyfire’s…