Mistletoe has become an important symbol of Christmas, but it also has the potential to…
Month: November 2012
As cigarette taxes go up, heavy smoking goes down
When cigarette taxes rise, hard-core smokers are more likely than lighter smokers to cut back,…
How, in the animal world, a daughter avoids mating with her father: Paternal ‘voice’ recognition
Paternal recognition – being able to identify males from your father’s line – is important…
New patient-friendly way to make stem cells for fight against heart disease
Scientists have developed a patient-friendly and efficient way to make stem cells out of blood,…
Monitoring Vulnerabilities: Are your Servers Exploit-Proof?
Apart from keeping servers and endpoints secure, IT teams in enterprises also make sure that…
Monitoring Vulnerabilities: Are your Servers Exploit-Proof?
Apart from keeping servers and endpoints secure, IT teams in enterprises also make sure that…
Sneak peek at early course of bladder infection caused by widespread, understudied parasite
Using standard tools of the molecular-biology trade and a new, much-improved animal model of a…
First direct evidence linking TB infection in cattle to local badger populations
Transmission of tuberculosis between cattle and badgers has been tracked at a local scale for…
Whirligig beetles inspire energy-efficient robots
While many may have found the movements of whirligig beetles curious, scientists have puzzled over…
Scientists identify key biological mechanism in multiple sclerosis
Scientists have defined for the first time a key underlying process implicated in multiple sclerosis…