A potential new option is beginning to emerge for patients with the fastest growing form…
Month: August 2011
Virtual rats to help researchers study disease
Most lab rats have to be housed, fed and bred. But not the group one…
If fat dogs are cool, could fat people be, too?
Fat dogs are cool. And obese people may be, too. That’s what new research suggests.
Searching for spin liquids: Much-sought exotic quantum state of matter can exist
The world economy is becoming ever more reliant on high tech electronics such as computers…
Correction: Digital Life-Tech Test-Camera Phone (AP)
AP – In an Aug. 10 review of the myTouch 4G Slide smartphone, The Associated…
Hidden Baja undersea park is the world’s most robust marine reserve
A thriving undersea wildlife park tucked away near the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja peninsula…
Poor growth, delayed puberty and heart problems plague kids with mild kidney disease
Heart disease causes 35 percent of deaths in young adults with chronic kidney disease. Children…
Bolstering genetic diversity among cheetahs
Researchers have discovered why older females are rarely able to reproduce — and hope to…
Shifting Atlantic mackerel distribution linked to environmental factors, changing climate
Scientists have found that environmental factors have changed the distribution patterns of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber…
Dutch politicians question LinkedIn advertising (AP)
AP – Social networking site LinkedIn says it will alter an advertising technique, following criticism…