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Month: May 2011
Europe’s medical research councils call for a closer link between doctors, researchers and patients
Adding research-centered approaches into the day-to-day life of the doctor’s clinic strengthens clinical decisions, according…
Potential new predictor of male reproductive potential identified
The distance between a man’s scrotum and anus may indicate his ability to reproduce, researchers…
First signs of progress in saving Indian vultures from killer drug
The ban on a veterinary drug which caused an unprecedented decline in Asian vulture populations…
Stay-at-home parents make for a cooperative family of lizards
The great desert burrowing skink, a lizard living on the sandy plains of Central Australia,…
Musical experience offsets some aging effects: Older musicians excel in memory and hearing speech in noise compared to non-musicians
A growing body of research finds musical training gives students learning advantages in the classroom….
Scientists use genetically altered virus to get tumors to tattle on themselves
Scientists have used a genetically re-engineered herpes virus that selectively hunts down and infects cancerous…
Human lung stem cell discovered: Crucial role in tissue regeneration
For the first time, researchers have identified a human lung stem cell that is self-renewing…
High numbers of barred owls likely in Pacific Northwest forests
Barred owls may be more abundant in coniferous forests of the Pacific Northwest than previously…
NASA’s Fermi spots ‘superflares’ in the Crab Nebula
The famous Crab Nebula supernova remnant has erupted in an enormous flare five times more…