Pioneering biophotonics technology detects the early presence of ovarian cancer in humans by examining cells…
Month: April 2013
NASA’s HyspIRI: Seeing the forest and the trees and more
Light contains fingerprints of materials that can be detected by sensors that capture the unique…
New NASA satellite takes the Salton Sea’s temperature
A new NASA image may look like a typical black-and-white image of a dramatic landscape,…
Scientists advance understanding of human brown adipose tissue and grow new cells
Scientists have reported significant findings about the location, genetic expression and function of human brown…
Mammograms reveal response to common cancer drug
Researchers have developed a method for assessing the effect of tamoxifen, a common drug to…
New method to assess options for heart-disease surgery
Researchers have developed a method of predicting which patients with heart disease would benefit more…
Alternative therapies may help lower blood pressure
Alternative therapies such as aerobic exercise, resistance or strength training and isometric hand grip exercises…
Health impact assessments prove critical public health tool: Best way to gauge impact of gas drilling on communities
As natural gas drilling expands, policymakers, communities and public health experts are turning to health…
Emotional intelligence trumps IQ in dentist-patient relationship
IQ directly relates to how students perform on tests in the first two years of…
For development in Brazil, two crops are better than one
Brazil is in the midst of an explosion of agricultural production, but who is profiting…