A new system built around an unmanned aerial vehicle has faced a real-world test in…
Month: November 2011
Tear drops may rival blood drops in testing blood sugar in diabetes
Scientists are reporting development and successful laboratory testing of an electrochemical sensor device that has…
Fast new test for terrible form of food poisoning
Scientists are reporting development of a fast, reliable new test that could help people avoid…
Weird world of water gets a little weirder
Strange, stranger, strangest! To the weird nature of one of the simplest chemical compounds —…
Lose the fat and improve the gums, dental researchers find
Researchers found the human body is better at fighting gum disease when fat cells, which…
Methane may be answer to 56-million-year question: Ocean could have contained enough methane to cause drastic climate change
The release of massive amounts of carbon from methane hydrate frozen under the seafloor 56…
Young woman with amnesia unable to hold a single face in short-term memory … unless it’s Paris Hilton!
A 22-year-old woman known as “HC” with amnesia since birth as a result of developing…
Extreme antisocial personality predicts gang membership, finds study based on survey of male prisoners
Research into the 2011 London riots found they were mostly committed by antisocial persons, less…
Breakthrough in understanding the genetics of high blood pressure
A ground-breaking study into the causes of high blood pressure analyzed genetic material in human…
Fundamental discovery casts enzymes in new light
A tree outside an office window provided the inspiration for a discovery that may ultimately…