NASA has released a summary report on findings from a panel that investigated the unsuccessful…
Month: February 2013
Common acne drug not associated with increased risk of IBD
Doctors should not be discouraged from prescribing isotretinoin to adolescents for inflammatory acne, according to…
Drug could aid treatment of anxiety disorders
Scopolamine is a drug with many uses. Treating anxiety disorders may become a new use…
Explosives vapor detection technology: The new ‘sniff test’
A quick, accurate and highly sensitive process to reliably detect minute traces of explosives on…
Great Backyard Bird Count goes global, shatters records
Bird watchers from 101 countries made history in the first global Great Backyard Bird Count,…
Disruption of circadian clock linked to obesity, diabetes and heart attacks
Disruption in the body’s circadian rhythm can lead not only to obesity, but can also…
Study of remora fish could lead to new bio-adhesive
A new study provides details of the structure and tissue properties of the unique adhesion…
Cooling may prevent trauma-induced epilepsy
In the weeks, months and years after a severe head injury, patients often experience epileptic…
Writing without keyboard: Handwriting recognition on the wrist
Typing text messages on the mobile phone via the tiny soft keyboard is very cumbersome….
TV comic set to win seats in Italian general election
Beppe Grillo aiming to shake up Italian politics. It’s not only in the US that…