More and more children with congenital heart disease are receiving implantable cardioverter-defibrillators to maintain proper…
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New ‘Weapon’ In Forensics: Device Detects Latent Prints On Human Skin
Fingerprints that used to escape detection could soon help point to the killer. Using a…
Children Affected By Parents’ Behavior Following Trauma
A new study in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy examines the role that…
Obesity Worsens Impact Of Asthma, Study Shows
Obesity can worsen the impact of asthma and may also mask its severity in standard…
New Technique Accelerates Biological Image Analysis
Computational Biologist have discovered how to significantly speed up critical steps in an automated method…
Evidence That Stun Guns May Stimulate The Heart
On the eve of the British Columbia inquiry into the death of Robert Dziekanski, a…
Roaring Bats: New Scientific Results Show Bats Emitting More Decibels Than A Rock Concert
Researchers studying the echolocation behavior in bats have discovered that the diminutive flying mammals emit…
Compound That Could Lead To New Blood Pressure Drugs Discovered
Using a powerful supercomputer, researchers processed 140,000 prospective drug compounds to find one that dramatically…
Japanese Mushroom Leads To Breakthrough In Protein Research
Using an enzyme of the Japanese mushroom Grifola frondosa (Maitake or dancing mushroom), proteins can…
Young Songbirds Babble Before They Learn To Sing
Young songbirds babble before they can mimic an adult’s song, much like their human counterparts….