Man’s best friend may provide more than just faithful companionship: A new study shows people…
Month: March 2011
New details about medically important protein family
Scientists have determined a new structure from a medically important superfamily of proteins. The structure…
Basketball: Optimal aim points for bank shots
New research show that, from many areas of the basketball court within 12 feet of…
New treatment strategy effective for certain lung cancers
Two chemotherapy drugs now indicated for second and third-line therapy in patients with advanced non-small-cell…
WHERE update gets personal, but results still need work (Appolicious)
Appolicious – The what-to-do, where-to-do-it app WHERE, for iPhone and iPod Touch, has released a…
New robot system to test 10,000 chemicals for toxicity
Several federal agencies have unveiled a new high-speed robot screening system that will test 10,000…
Aerosol plumes downwind of Deepwater Horizon oil spill: Insights from air pollution study have applications beyond Gulf
During a special airborne mission to study the air-quality impacts of the BP Deepwater Horizon…
Molecules work the day shift to protect the liver from accumulating fat
Scientists have discovered molecules that act as “shift workers” to maintain the daily rhythm of…
Anthropologists link human uniqueness to hunter-gatherer group structure
New findings by an international team of anthropologists suggest that human ancestral social structure may…
Scientists reveal role of light sensor in temperature sensation
A light-sensing receptor that’s packed inside the eye’s photoreceptor cells has an altogether surprising role…