If all eligible patients filled their prescriptions through a $4 generic drug program, the societal…
Month: March 2011
Tech companies pitch in on earthquake response (AP)
AP – Google, Twitter and other technology companies are finding ways to help following last…
Seedlings thrive with distant relatives, seeds with close family
A variety of angiosperm seedlings suffered from competition when planted with near relatives in home…
Seedless cherimoya, the next banana?
Mark Twain called it “the most delicious fruit known to man.” But the cherimoya, or…
Climate-related disasters may provide opportunities for some rural poor, study suggests
A new study in Honduras suggests that climate-related weather disasters may sometimes actually provide opportunities…
Neanderthals were nifty at controlling fire
A new study shows clear evidence of the continuous control of fire by Neanderthals in…
‘Fly tree of life’ mapped, adds big branch of evolutionary knowledge
Calling it the “new periodic table for flies,” researchers around the globe have mapped the…
Trapping a rainbow: Researchers slow broadband light waves with nanoplasmonic structures
A research team has experimentally verified the “rainbow” trapping effect, demonstrating that plasmonic structures can…
Tumor metastasis with a ‘twist:’ Protein is key to early embryonic development, but later promotes spread of cancer
In the early stages of human embryogenesis, a transcription factor called Twist1 plays a key…
Painkiller prescribing varies dramatically among family physicians
Some physicians are prescribing opioids such as OxyContin 55 times as often as others, according…