Long-term observations indicate a positive trend in the quality of air in Lapland during the…
Month: September 2011
Could the Higgs boson explain the size of the universe?
The race to identify the Higgs boson is on at CERN. This Holy Grail of…
Another step toward resisting breast cancer
Medical researchers in the UK have come a step closer to understanding how to stop…
Science and religion do mix? Only 15 percent of scientists at major research universities see religion and science always in conflict
Throughout history, science and religion have appeared as being in perpetual conflict, but a new…
Risk factors for complications after spine surgery identified in new study
A new study looks at the complications of spine surgery. While medical experts acknowledge the…
Racing against time: New tool available for rapidly rescuing those trapped beneath concrete
When the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2011, one of the…
Catching molecular motion at just the right time: Theorists overcome loss of entropy and friction in computational simulations
Researchers have devised a mathematically rich analytic approach to account for often-missing thermodynamic and molecular…
Humor as effective as medication in treating agitation in dementia
Humor therapy is as effective as widely used antipsychotic drugs in managing agitation in patients…
Early antiretroviral therapy for HIV shown cost-effective, Haiti study finds
Researchers in the U.S. and Haiti have shown that early treatment of HIV not only…
Facebook’s photo collection 10,000 times larger than Library of Congress (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends – According to a recent blog post from 1000Memories, the company estimates that…