NASA is extending the international Cassini-Huygens mission by two years. The historic spacecraft’s stunning discoveries…
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Sleeping Sickness Finding Could Lead To Earlier Diagnosis
Sleeping sickness creates a metabolic ‘fingerprint’ in the blood and urine, which could enable a…
Micro Sensor And Micro Fridge Make Cool Pair
Researchers have combined two tiny but powerful inventions on a single microchip, a cryogenic sensor…
Antidepressants Account For Only 10% Of Fall In Suicide Rates Among Older People
The use of antidepressants is likely to account for only 10 percent of the fall…
Hormone Use Related To Lower Risk Of Macular Degeneration In Postmenopausal Women
Women who take postmenopausal hormones appear to have a lower risk of developing advanced stages…
NASA Spacecraft Fine Tunes Course For Mars Landing
NASA engineers have adjusted the flight path of the Phoenix Mars Lander, setting the spacecraft…
Study Sheds Light On Deadly Lung Disease
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, is characterized by the formation of fibrosis, or scar…
Tumors Use Sugars To Avoid Programmed Cell Death
Researchers have apparently solved the riddle of why cancer cells like sugar so much, and…
Exercise Combats Cancer-related Fatigue, Review Shows
When cancer and its treatments leave a patient with a relentless weariness of body and…
Saliva Can Help Diagnose Heart Attack, Study Shows
Early diagnosis of a heart attack may now be possible using only a few drops…