A mother’s iron deficiency early in pregnancy may have a profound and long-lasting effect on…
Month: March 2011
Elderly victims of abuse often use alcohol or drugs, study says
Victims of severe traumatic elder abuse are more likely to be female, suffer from a…
Good-bye, blind spot: Always keeping robots and humans in view in industrial settings
Particular care must be taken in a production hall where robots and people work together,…
Conservationists develop coral ‘stress test’ to identify reefs more likely to survive climate change
Researchers have developed a “stress test” for coral reefs as a means of identifying and…
Newly discovered virus implicated in deadly Chinese outbreaks
Outbreaks of a mysterious and deadly disease in central China have been linked to a…
Only the weak survive? Self-healing materials strengthened by adding more ‘give’
Scientists have developed a new model of how self-repairing materials function and show that materials…
Spinal cord processes information just as areas of brain do, research finds
Recent research mapping the function and information processing of the spinal cord could improve treatment…
Nanomodified surfaces seal leg implants against infection
Researchers have created nanoscale surfaces for implanted materials that mimic the contours of natural skin….
Cheap catalyst made easy
Catalysts made of carbon nanotubes dipped in a polymer solution equal the energy output and…
Protein associated with allergic response causes airway changes in asthma patients
Changes that occur in the airways of asthma patients are in part caused by the…