A promising new way to inhibit cholesterol production in the body has been discovered, one…
Month: March 2011
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Spinal cord injury: Human cells derived from stem cells restore movement in animal models
Scientists have discovered that a specific type of human cell, generated from stem cells and…
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The Winter of Our Disconnect
Many already refer to it as Snowpocalypse 2011 — one of the biggest and baddest…
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Android Devices Pull Ahead in U.S. Smartphone Race
A new Nielsen survey of postpaid mobile subscribers released Thursday suggests that Google’s Android platform…
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iPad 2: The Only Thing Missing Is the Buy Now Button
Over the last year, I’ve been an iPad holdout. If you already have an iPhone…
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Pain and Suffering in Germany, or How Linux Lost to XP
With all the world aflutter about the latest “i-thingie” to emerge from the Hallowed Halls…
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Spacewalkers Take O-Ring Glitch in Stride
Faulty seals are NASA nemeses, bringing down the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986, delaying the…
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Light-to-moderate alcohol consumption may help stave off dementia, research suggests
Experts agree that long-term alcohol abuse is detrimental to memory function and can cause neurodegenerative…
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‘A little off the top’ helps map cells with submicrometer resolution
In an effort to identify the early-onset, subtle chemical changes occurring in a cell heading…
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Six-month drug regimen cuts HIV risk for breastfeeding infants, study finds
Giving breastfeeding infants of HIV-infected mothers a daily dose of the antiretroviral drug nevirapine for…