Many people reach toward the back of the fresh-produce shelf to find the freshest salad…
Month: May 2011
Revolution in wound care? Cotton candy-like glass fibers appear to speed healing in initial venous stasis wound trial
Imagine a battlefield medic or emergency medical technician providing first aid with a special wad…
Researchers see a ‘picture’ of threat in the brain: Work may lead to new model of neuroinflammation
Researchers are beginning to see exactly what the response to threats looks like in the…
Ranking research: Using social bookmarking tools to extract relevance
A new approach to evaluating research papers exploits social bookmarking tools to extract relevance.
‘Fatting in’: Immigrant groups eat high-calorie American meals to fit in, study finds
Immigrants to the United States and their US-born children gain more than a new life…
Turning ‘bad’ fat into ‘good’: A future treatment for obesity?
By knocking down the expression of a protein in rat brains known to stimulate eating,…
World’s smallest atomic clock: Tiny laser reduces power consumption 1,000-fold
A matchbook-sized atomic clock 100 times smaller than its commercial predecessors has been created by…
Scientists track evolution and spread of deadly fungus, one of the world’s major killers
New research has shed light on the origins of a fungal infection which is one…
Early history of genetics revised: New light shed on ‘rediscovery’ of Mendel’s laws of heredity
The early history of genetics has to be re-written in the light of new findings,…
Greetings from Prague
This week I’ve come to Prague to attend a couple of important meetings. Firstly there…