Archive: 01/04/2007
Feeling tired? You may be less likely to get hurt, researcher says
Sleepiness and sleep deprivation have long been associated with an increased risk of injury. However, the results of a recent study by a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher suggest that this commonly accepted theory ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 04, 2007 |
2.3 / 5 (3) |
0
Cancer-killing invention also harvests stem cells
Associate Professor Michael King of the University of Rochester Biomedical Engineering Department has invented a device that filters the blood for cancer and stem cells. When he captures cancer cells, he kills them. When ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 04, 2007 |
4.7 / 5 (39) |
0
Lunar Geminids
Another meteor shower, another bunch of lunar impacts... "On Dec. 14, 2006, we observed at least five Geminid meteors hitting the Moon," reports Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 04, 2007 |
3.7 / 5 (3) |
0
Black hole boldly goes where no black hole has gone before
Astronomers have found a black hole where few thought they could ever exist, inside a globular star cluster. The finding has broad implications for the dynamics of stars clusters and also for the existence ...
Jan 04, 2007 |
4.8 / 5 (33) |
0
Californians bask in solar energy
Soaring energy costs, environmental consciousness and financial incentives have combined to make solar panels part of the California housing landscape.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 04, 2007 |
4.1 / 5 (10) |
0
Bottleneck in blood supply makes brain vulnerable to strokes
A team of University of California, San Diego physicists and neuroscientists has discovered a bottleneck in the network of blood vessels in the brain that makes it vulnerable to strokes. The finding may explain the origin ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 04, 2007 |
4 / 5 (3) |
0
Radiation therapy combo cures prostate cancer long-term
Seventy-four percent of men treated with a combination of radiation seed implants and external beam radiation therapy for prostate cancer are cured of their disease 15 years following their treatment, according to a study ...
Jan 04, 2007 |
4.7 / 5 (3) |
0
X-ray Evidence Supports Possible New Class Of Supernova
Evidence for a significant new class of supernova has been found with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton. These results strengthen the case for a population of stars ...
Jan 04, 2007 |
4.4 / 5 (18) |
0
Repetitive motion speeds nanoparticle uptake
Newly published research by Rice University chemists and North Carolina State University toxicologists finds that repetitive movement can speed the uptake of nanoparticles through the skin.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 04, 2007 |
3.9 / 5 (10) |
0
Humanoid avatar plays a competitive game of table tennis
Recently, scientists have designed and built an immersive table tennis (or “ping-pong”) simulation that allows a human to compete against a computer. While most virtual reality environments support slow- or ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 04, 2007 |
3.9 / 5 (28) |
1
EU's e-waste rules affect global market
Three European Union rules on e-waste -- used computer hardware -- likely will touch off a ripple effect beyond Europe, a U.S. researcher says.
Jan 04, 2007 |
3.8 / 5 (5) |
0
Brain studies reveal the mechanisms of the voluntary control of visual attention
Neuroscientists at Duke University have mapped the timing and sequence of neural activations that unfold in the brain when people focus their attention on specific locations in their visual fields.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 04, 2007 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
0
Nanotech safety needs specific government risk research strategy and funding
"Prioritizing nanotechnology risk research isn't rocket science," said Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies chief scientist Andrew Maynard. Dr. Maynard's remark is in his testimony today before the federal government's first ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 04, 2007 |
2 / 5 (1) |
0
What memories are made of
Why is it that amnesia patients can't remember their names or addresses, but they do remember how to hold a fork? It's because memories come in many flavors, says Fred Helmstetter, professor of psychology at the University ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 04, 2007 |
4.8 / 5 (12) |
0
- Pages: 1 2
