Sometimes orange, sometimes white, dog trainers often use plastic fetching batons called bumpers to teach…
Month: December 2012
Airborne scientists search distant stars for complex organic molecules
A team of astrobiology researchers – including two from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – will use…
Blood levels of immune protein predict risk in Hodgkin disease
Researchers found levels galectin-1, an immunity-related protein, could be the basis of a test and…
Citizen science more than a century later: Ordinary people go online to track Gulf oil spill
Researchers report on a new form of “citizen science,” concluding that it can help assess…
Gender differences found in seasonal auditory changes
Auditory systems differ between sexes in sparrows depending on the season, a neuroscientist has found….
Most popular weight-loss drug strongly alters other drug therapies, study suggests
A researcher has discovered that the weight-loss drug orlistat, known by the brand names Xenical…
Quantifying corn rootworm damage
Every year farmers spend a lot of money trying to control corn rootworm larvae, which…
Novel drug therapy targets aggressive form of non-hodgkin’s lymphoma
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common subtype of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and the…
Drug helps women who stop smoking keep off weight
A medication being tested to help smokers kick the habit also may help avoid the…
Teen dating violence linked to long-term harmful effects
Teenagers in physically or psychologically aggressive dating relationships are more than twice as likely to…