Doctors often rely on a patient’s knowledge of family medical history to estimate his or…
Month: May 2011
Helicopters that protect fleet ships given a newfound tactical advantage
New technology will give helicopters such as the MH-60 and the AH-1 Cobra that protect…
New calculations on blackbody energy set the stage for clocks with unprecedented accuracy
A team of physicists from the United States and Russia has developed a means for…
Build safety into the very beginning of the computer system
A new publication provides guidelines to secure the earliest stages of the computer boot process,…
Dusting for fingerprints — It ain’t CSI
Fingerprints: dozens of crime dramas revolve around them. The investigators find the victim, dust for…
Evolutionary adaptations can be reversed, but rarely
Physicists’ study of evolution in bacteria shows that adaptations can be undone, but rarely. Ever…
Mild obesity appears to improve survival in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients
Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, may be an…
Highest reported BPA level in pregnant woman and associated abnormalities in infant
A new case study examining an infant’s transient neurobehavioral abnormalities and extremely high bisphenol A…
People with disabilities: Experts call for changing how research is done
When it first passed 20 years ago, the American Disabilities Act offered hope for closing…
Adult stem cells take root in livers and repair damage
Researchers have demonstrated that human liver cells derived from adult cells coaxed into an embryonic…