Today’s wireless-sensor networks can do everything from supervising factory machinery to tracking environmental pollution to…
Month: September 2011
Cancer-killing cells are caught on film in more 3-D detail than ever before
Scientists reveal in more detail than ever before how white blood cells kill diseased tissue…
Links between racial discrimination, stress and health
The consequences of psychological stress, resulting from racial discrimination, may contribute to racial health disparities…
TV found to have negative impact on parent-child communication and early literacy compared to books and toys
Since the first television screens lit up our living rooms scientists have been studying its…
Woolly mammoth’s secrets for shrugging off cold points toward new artificial blood for humans
The blood from woolly mammoths — those extinct elephant-like creatures that roamed Earth in pre-historic…
‘Super-spaghetti’ with heart-healthy label now possible
Consumers could soon see packages of pasta labeled ‘good source of dietary fiber’ and ‘may…
New technology for recovering valuable minerals from waste rock
Researchers report discovery of a completely new technology for more efficiently separating gold, silver, copper,…
New treatment for an aggressive childhood cancer
Researchers have shown that glucose metabolism inhibition with 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) induces cell death in a…
Amateur botanists in Brazil discover a genuflexing plant
A new plant species that buries its seeds — the first in its family —…
Voting causes stress
Researchers have determined that voting is a stressful event, inducing measurable hormonal changes. Researchers say…