Festive cookies, served at year-end holiday gatherings, may in the future be made with a…
Month: December 2011
Breastfeeding saved babies in 19th century Montreal
Breastfeeding increased infant survival rates in 19th -Century Montreal in two major ways, according to…
New candidate vaccine neutralizes all tested strains of malaria parasite
A new candidate malaria vaccine has the potential to neutralize all strains of the most…
Scientists identify an innate function of vitamin E
It’s rubbed on the skin to reduce signs of aging and consumed by athletes to…
Are the anxious oblivious?
Anxious study participants aren’t as physiologically sensitive to subtle changes in their environment as less…
New method significantly reduces production costs of fuel cells
Researchers have developed a new and significantly cheaper method of manufacturing fuel cells. A noble…
First Earth-sized planets found
Astronomers have detected two Earth-sized planets orbiting a distant star. This discovery marks a milestone…
New device for rapid, mobile detection of brain injury
Scientists have created a handheld device capable of quickly detecting brain injuries such as hematomas….
Researchers use light to measure cancer cells’ response to treatment
Many cancer therapies target specific proteins that proliferate on the outside of some cancer cells,…
Nanometer-scale growth of cone cells tracked in living human eye
Vision scientists have come up with a novel way to make the measurements in a…