Wind turbines are growing bigger and bigger — the diameter of their rotor blades could…
Month: April 2011
Crash sensor boosts safety in warehouses
For reasons of workplace safety, storage shelves in warehouses are subjected to routine testing of…
New gene therapy technique on iPS cells holds promise in treating immune system disease
Researchers have developed an effective technique that uses gene therapy on stem cells to correct…
New immigrants to Canada less likely to have premature babies in the first five years
Immigrants living less than five years in Canada are less likely than their Canadian-born counterparts…
Social bonding in prairie voles helps guide search for autism treatments
Researchers are focusing on prairie voles as a new model to screen the effectiveness of…
Study targets treatment for serious ACE inhibitor side effect, facial, tongue and airway swelling
A new study takes a closer look at one of the lesser known, but potential…
Shielding body protects brain from ‘shell shocking’ blast injuries: Even mild blast exposure damages nerve cells in mice, study shows
Stronger and tougher body armor to shield the chest, abdomen and back may be just…
Use of costly breast cancer therapy strongly influenced by reimbursement policy
What Medicare would pay for and where a radiation oncologist practiced were two factors that…
Mutant mouse reveals new wrinkle in genetic code
Call it a mystery with a stubby tail: an odd-looking mouse discovered through a US…
Plenty more fish in the sea? New method for measuring biomass reveals fish stocks are more stable than widely believed
Fish and marine species are among the most threatened wildlife on earth, due partly to…