Forget remote-controlled curtains. A new development could lead to curtains and other materials that move…
Month: January 2014
E-whiskers: Highly sensitive tactile sensors developed for robotics and other applications
From the world of nanotechnology we’ve gotten electronic skin, or e-skin, and electronic eye implants…
Large amounts of folic acid shown to promote growth of breast cancer in rats
Folic acid supplements at levels consumed by breast cancer patients and survivors in North America…
How the genetic blueprints for limbs came from fish
Our first four-legged land ancestor came out of the sea some 350 million years ago….
Elevated blood pressure at home but not in clinic can indicate increased heart attack risk
Patients with masked hypertension, or normal BP in clinic but elevated BP when measured at…
Study: Electric drive vehicles have little impact on US pollutant emissions
A new study indicates that even a sharp increase in the use of electric drive…
Cochrane Review of malaria medication
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine is more effective than artemether-lumefantrine as a malaria medication, and has fewer side effects…
Gay-straight alliances in schools reduce suicide risk for all students
Canadian schools with explicit anti-homophobia interventions such as gay-straight alliances may reduce the odds of…
Different sponge species have highly specific, stable microbiomes
Scientists have shown that different species of Hexadella sponges each have a highly specific and…
Where do international students of higher education come from; where do they go?
The level of development of countries has a direct influence on the education system. By…