Researchers have discovered that planarians, tiny flatworms fabled for their regenerative powers, completely lack centrosomes,…
Month: January 2012
Bring your iPad to the gym and stare at something other than the person in front of you (Appolicious)
Appolicious – Motivation at the gym is hard to come by. Also, if you get…
$25 computers sell for over $3,000, money goes to charity (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News – The Raspberry Pi project has the potential to revolutionize low-cost computing. With an…
New report reviews plan for US Global Change Research Program
The draft ten-year strategic plan for the US Global Change Research Program — which shapes…
Why humans choose running over walking
Other than Olympic race walkers, people generally find it more comfortable to run than walk…
Rilonacept significantly reduces gout flares, study suggests
A phase II clinical trial found that rilonacept, an inhibitor of the protein interleukin-1, significantly…
Stop abusing insecticides in rice, experts urge
To prevent devastating insect pest outbreaks in rice that cause millions of dollars of damage,…
Couch potato or elite athlete? A happy medium keeps colds at bay
Battling colds and doing (or pledging to do) more exercise are familiar activities for most…
Researcher’s photoacoustic device finds cancer cells before they become tumors, study suggests
Researchers are one step closer to melanoma cancer detection at the cellular level, long before…
How Big will the Android Malware Threat Be in 2012?
In August 2011, we released our Snapshot of Android Threats, which stated that there was…