For hundreds of thousands of people, injuring a muscle through an accident like falling off…
Month: July 2011
Work engagement, job satisfaction, and productivity: They’re a virtuous cycle
Engaged workers — those who approach their work with energy, dedication, and focus — are…
Seaweed as a rich new source of heart-healthy food ingredients
In an article that may bring smiles to the faces of vegetarians who consume no…
An advance toward ultra-portable electronic devices
Scientists are reporting a key advance toward the long-awaited era of “single-molecule electronics,” when common…
Prehistoric crocodile Terminonaris was Texas native, fossil suggests
A prehistoric crocodile thought to have originated in Europe now appears to have been a…
New duck-billed dinosaur gives scientists clues to evolution of head ornamentation and provinciality
A new genus and species of hadrosaur (duck-billed) dinosaur — the oldest duck-billed dinosaur known…
Caffeine consumption linked to female infertility, study suggests
Caffeine reduces muscle activity in the Fallopian tubes that carry eggs from a woman’s ovaries…
Mother knows best for urban fox families
In urban fox families, mothers determine which cubs get to stay and which must leave…
Gene therapy to reverse heart failure ready for clinical trials; Therapeutic effectiveness and safety of ‘next great thing in heart failure’ demonstrated
A promising gene therapy developed to prevent and reverse congestive heart failure is on the…
Breakthrough in quantum computing: Researchers develop system that resists ‘quantum bug’
Scientists have taken the next major step toward quantum computing, which will use quantum mechanics…