Scientists have developed a new preparation method that renders a virus or bacterium non-infectious while…
Month: July 2012
Potential key to new treatment for mantle cell lymphoma (MCL)
Researchers have demonstrated that the inhibition of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3)…
Police need sleep for health, performance
Researchers have found that limited sleep can affect police officers’ health and their job performance….
Harmful effects of CFL bulbs to skin; Energy-efficient bulbs safest when placed behind additional glass cover
In a new study, researchers looked into the potential impact of healthy human skin tissue…
Fighting obesity with thermal imaging
Scientists in the United Kingdom believe they’ve found a way of fighting obesity — with…
Riding the plasma wave: Evidence for a type of plasma wave moving faster than theory predicted
Using data from the WAVES instrument on NASA’s Wind mission, researchers have discovered evidence for…
Heat is source of ‘Pioneer Anomaly’, NASA spacecraft study finds
The unexpected slowing of NASA’s Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft — the so-called “Pioneer Anomaly”…
Magma world: NASA’S Spitzer finds evidence for an exoplanet smaller than Earth
Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is a planet two-thirds…
Hookah smoking increasingly common among first-year college women
Nearly a quarter of college women try smoking tobacco with a hookah, or water pipe,…
Accepting the end: Bucket lists, cemeteries show changing attitudes toward death
Bucket lists are more than goals or accomplishments a person wants to achieve before dying….