Postmenopausal women with the most common type of metastatic breast cancer now have a new…
Month: August 2012
Are Americans ready to solve the weight of the nation?
Public health researchers have examined how recommendations in a new report from the Institute of…
Biologists discover female spiders produce mating plugs to prevent unwanted sex from males
Scientists have discovered a new mechanism of animal mating plug production. In the giant wood…
Wrecks and effects: Fewer fans watching NASCAR for the crashes
Many car race fans do, indeed, watch NASCAR races because they want to see car…
Writing graphics software gets much easier: New programming language yields code that’s much shorter and clearer — but also faster
A new programming language for image-processing algorithms yields code that’s much shorter and clearer —…
Molecular switch identified that controls key cellular process: Gives insight into cancer
Scientists discovered a critical molecular switch that regulates autophagy. They also studied the links between…
Test flight over Peru ruins could revolutionize archaeological mapping
Archaeological sites that currently take years to map could be completed in minutes with a…
Peptide controls blood sugar in people with congenital hyperinsulinism, pilot study suggests
A pilot study in adolescents and adults has found that an investigational drug shows promise…
Coffee may help some Parkinson’s disease movement symptoms, research suggests
While drinking caffeine each day does not appear to help improve sleepiness among people with…
New computational technique relieves logjam from massive amounts of data
It’s relatively easy to collect massive amounts of data on microbes. But the files are…