A potentially powerful new approach to treating two lethal metastatic cancers — triple negative breast…
Month: July 2012
Amazing deep diving by imperial cormorant bird
Researchers recently fitted a South American sea bird called an imperial cormorant with a small…
Why people get cold feet
Physiologists have identified the biological mechanism that could be responsible for cold feet, the bane…
Two viruses link to prostate cancer: High-risk human papilloma virus found with Epstein Barr virus
New research has revealed that both the human papilloma virus and Epstein Barr virus are…
Concussions and head impacts may accelerate brain aging
Concussions and even lesser head impacts may speed up the brain’s natural aging process by…
Eyes and attention of men and women meander in distinctly different ways
Researchers show that the eyes and attention of men and women meander in distinctly different…
When we forget to remember: Failures in prospective memory range from annoying to lethal
Why would highly skilled professionals forget to perform a simple task they have executed without…
Curiosity rover on track for early August landing on Mars
Eight days before reaching Mars, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft performed a flight-path adjustment scheduled…
From microns to centimeters: Researchers invent new tissue engineering tool
Imagine a machine that makes layered, substantial patches of engineered tissue — tissue that could…
Childhood obesity may affect timing of puberty, create problems with reproduction
A dramatic increase in childhood obesity in recent decades may have impacts that go beyond…