Photovoltaic devices offer a green — and potentially unlimited — alternative to fossil fuel use….
Month: October 2013
Developmental approach to obesity in children, adolescents
New studies of factors affecting the risk of obesity in children and adolescents — as…
Amping up solar in the snowy north
What’s the best way to capture photovoltaic energy where snowfall is measured in feet?
Facing our fears: How horror helps
As scores of Americans enter the darkened realms of haunted houses, nighttime hayrides and horror…
Climate change increased the number of deaths
The increased temperatures caused by ongoing climate change in Stockholm, Sweden between 1980 and 2009…
Rapid method to detect BRAF mutations in cancer tissue samples
A new diagnostic platform to detect BRAF mutations in melanoma and other cancer types is…
Investigational PARP inhibitor promising in BRCA-related cancers
An investigational new PARP inhibitor, BMN 673, is showing early responses in patients with heavily…
Sequential GO, chemotherapy no benefit for older AML patients according trial
Results of a randomized, phase III, trial show that sequential combination of gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO)…
Coffee consumption reduces risk of liver cancer, analysis suggests
Coffee consumption reduces risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common type of liver cancer, by…
Light as medicine? Researchers explain how
Scientists have known for years that certain wavelengths of light in certain doses can heal,…