Introducing increasing amounts of foods that contain baked milk into the diets of children who…
Month: July 2011
Auto-pilots need a birds-eye view: Pigeons can inform navigation technology design
New research on how birds can fly so quickly and accurately through dense forests may…
Breaking Kasha’s rule: Scientists find unique luminescence in tetrapod nanocrystals
Researchers created tetrapod molecules of semiconductor nanocrystals and watched them break a fundamental principle of…
Got $6,700? This Luxury Android Smartphone Is for You (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – Hoping to capitalize on the reputation of Swiss watchmaking for quality and precision,…
Delayed access to tertiary care associated with higher death rate from type of pulmonary fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis — scarring and thickening of the lungs from unknown causes — is…
Sport performance follows a physiological law; Study suggests peak at 20-30 years of age, then irreversible decline
Researchers in France have published research describing the evolution of performances in elite athletes and…
Time to make more out of waste
Dumping all our household waste on landfill is bad for the environment. Engineers are working…
Copper reduces infection risk by more than 40 per cent, experts say
Medical researchers have presented research into the mechanism by which copper exerts its antimicrobial effect…
Surface layer effectively kills malaria mosquitoes in rice paddies
A thin, liquid layer applied on the surface of inundated rice paddies effectively kills malaria…
New class of antiangiogenesis drugs: Natural plant compound blocks blood vessel growth by interfering with cellular adhesion
Researchers have discovered the first of an entirely new class of anti-angiogenesis drugs — agents…