As Barack Obama and Mitt Romney prepare to square off in a series of presidential…
Month: September 2012
Spirituality key to Chinese medicine success: Study explores why Chinese medicine has stood the test of time
Are the longevity and vitality of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) due to its holistic approach?…
Microfluidic device: Hundreds of biochemical analyses on a single chip
Thanks to an innovative microfluidic device, 768 biochemical interactions (e.g., between DNA and transcription factors)…
Cutting through the genomic thicket in search of disease variants
Scientists and clinicians have turned to computer tools that sift meaningful genomic variants from the…
Emotion detector enables design of tailor-made election campaigns
Messages, attires, gestures, themes or melodies that are liked by the public are some of…
Agriculture is the direct driver for worldwide deforestation
A new synthesis on drivers of deforestation and forest degradation was published during the Bangkok…
When the ‘fire brigade’ arrives too late: Impaired protein degradation causes muscle diseases
New insights into certain muscle diseases, the filaminopathies have just been reported.
Fast algorithm extracts and compares document meaning
A computer program could compare two documents and work spot the differences in their meaning…
Musical clues to the truth about female sleuths
By analyzing the soundtracks of 1940s film noir thrillers, a musicologist can track changing attitudes…
Burying the hatchet in the laser lab
Experts have been heavily discussing why exactly electrically insulating materials insulate as they do. Based…