Women who consume the recommended daily dosage of folic acid, the synthetic form of folate…
Month: June 2012
A trick of perspective: Chance alignment mimics a cosmic collision
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a highly detailed image of a pair of…
Aquarius, NASA’s salt-mapping instrument, marks first birthday
Aquarius, NASA’s pioneering instrument to measure ocean surface salinity from orbit, launched a year ago…
Cassini sees tropical lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has spied long-standing methane lakes, or puddles, in the “tropics” of Saturn’s…
Elemental and magnetic imaging using X-rays and a microscope
A team of researchers has developed a new microscope that can image the elemental and…
Genetic discovery will help fight diarrhea outbreaks
Researchers have discovered unexpectedly large genetic differences between two similar species of the pathogenic Cryptosporidium…
Virtual sailing gives competitors the edge
Scientists have shown how virtual simulation can be used to accurately predict how a yacht…
Most older pedestrians are unable to cross the road in time
Researchers have compared the walking speed of the older population in the UK with the…
Regenerated cells may restore vision after corneal dysfunction
Efforts to treat disorders of the corneal endothelium, a single cell layer on the inner…
Could roseola virus be behind epilepsy? Childhood virus infection linked to prolonged seizures with fever
New research shows that human herpesviruses (HHV)-6B and HHV-7, commonly know as roseola virus), account…