Researchers are programming robots to communicate with people using human-like body language and cues, an…
Month: April 2014
Taking iron improves women’s exercise performance, study shows
Women who take iron supplements experience a marked improvement in their exercise performance, a new…
Controversy over nitrogen’s ocean ‘exit strategies’ resolved
A decades-long debate over the dominant way that nitrogen is removed from the ocean may…
Tibetan Plateau was larger than previously thought, geologists say
The Tibetan Plateau — the world’s largest, highest, and flattest plateau — had a larger…
Appearance of night-shining clouds has increased
First spotted in 1885, silvery blue clouds sometimes hover in the night sky near the…
Greenland ice cores show industrial record of acid rain, success of US Clean Air Act
Detailed ice core measurements show smog-related ratios leveling off in 1970, and suggest these deposits…
Immunotherapy could help tackle tough liver cancer
Significant new data indicate that liver cancer may be treated by adoptive T cell therapy….
Viral hepatitis more deadly than HIV in Europe
Mortality from viral hepatitis is significantly higher than from HIV/AIDS across EU countries, according to…
Positive outcomes for hepatitis C transplant patients
There is new hope for the notoriously difficult-to-treat population of liver transplant patients with recurring…
Sensitive balance in immune system: How one molecule can affect health outcomes
The protein c-FLIPR plays a key role in controlling a ‘cellular suicide’ process named ‘apoptosis.’…