Exotic plants in many ecosystems may be better competitors, but biologists have found that exotics…
Month: November 2012
Ppossible road map for improving healthcare
Given the right equipment, training and skill, an individual surgeon can expect to provide the…
Nutrition: Help for children to resist unhealthy temptations
It is easy for children and teenagers to get their hands on sweets and other…
What makes a good mentor and mentee?
How-to books are full of advice on what makes a good mentor. But what makes…
Repeated knocks to the head leads to newly recognized brain disease
Take a look inside the brains of many soldiers, football players, and boxers, and you’ll…
Gulf of Mexico clean-up makes 2010 spill 52-times more toxic; Mixing oil with dispersant increased toxicity to ecosystems
If the 4.9 million barrels of oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico during…
Breakthrough in the understanding of embryonic stem cells
A significant breakthrough in the understanding of embryonic stem cells has been made. New research…
C. diff researchers reveal potential target to fight infections
Researchers have discovered how a common diarrhea-causing bacterium sends the body’s natural defenses into overdrive,…
How signal molecules for formation of various cell types are controlled
The regulation of important signal molecules that are critical for the formation of various cell…
Electrically spun fabric offers dual defense against pregnancy, HIV
Electrically spun cloth with nanometer-sized fibers show promise as a cheap, versatile platform to simultaneously…