Whales are the Earth’s largest creatures, yet they are incredibly hard to study in the…
Month: June 2011
Native ants use chemical weapons to turn back invading Argentine ants
University sophomores studying ants in a summer course discovered that the local ants were using…
Health care providers need training to recognize signs of domestic violence, says nursing expert
Despite billions of dollars spent on health care each year, the United States ranks 27th…
Using magnets to help prevent heart attacks: Magnetic field can reduce blood viscosity, physicist discovers
Blood viscosity can be reduced 20-30 percent by subjecting it to a small magnetic field,…
Current carbon dioxide emission higher than it was just before ancient episode of severe global warming
The present rate of greenhouse carbon dioxide emissions through fossil fuel burning is higher than…
Fetal exposure to BPA changes development of uterus in primates, study suggests
Exposure in the womb to bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical widely used in the food…
Older age does not cause testosterone levels to decline in healthy men
A decline in testosterone levels as men grow older is likely the result — not…
Excessive pregnancy weight gain raises the risk of having a fat baby
Women who gain too much weight during pregnancy tend to have newborns with a high…
Red-light cameras critical to public safety, traffic researcher finds
As automated traffic monitoring systems such as red light cameras keep a law enforcement “eye”…
Protein folding made easy
Computational methods of modeling protein folding have existed for a couple of decades. But they…