A British company says it has an eco-friendly alternative to cremation: boiling bodies into dust.

Other Sciences - Other

Aug 06, 2007 4.3 / 5 (15) 0

German scientists have offered an alternative theory involving Martian volcanism.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Aug 06, 2007 4.4 / 5 (8) 0

St Andrews scientists have discovered a new way of levitating tiny objects - paving the way for future applications in nanotechnology.

Physics - General Physics

Aug 06, 2007 4.6 / 5 (77) 0

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Emory University has defined for the first time how metal ions bind to amyloid fibrils in the brain in a way that appears toxic to neurons. Amyloid fibrils are linked to the ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Aug 06, 2007 5 / 5 (2) 0

When it comes to generating neurons, researchers have found that not all embryonic stem (ES) cell lines are equal. In comparing neurons generated from two NIH-approved embryonic stem cell lines, scientists have uncovered ...

Biology -

Aug 06, 2007 4 / 5 (4) 0

UK scientists have shown for the first time that key proteins involved in Alzheimer's disease are also implicated in glaucoma, the major cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Research carried out at the UCL Institute ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Aug 06, 2007 4.9 / 5 (8) 0

A deadly fungus that has decimated populations of mountain yellow-legged frogs in the Sierra Nevada can likely be spread by sexual reproduction, seriously complicating efforts to save the frogs from extinction, ...

Biology -

Aug 06, 2007 5 / 5 (5) 0

The Near and Far Experimental halls are still under construction, but already scientists are putting the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) beam to use. The LCLS electron beam, first generated in April, is ...

Physics - General Physics

Aug 06, 2007 4 / 5 (6) 0

Adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show a blunted response to the drug methylphenidate (Ritalin), which increases brain dopamine levels, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of General ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Aug 06, 2007 4.7 / 5 (7) 0

We spend our lives on a spinning globe -- it takes only 24 hours to notice that, as night follows day and the cycle repeats. But what causes Earth to rotate on its axis?

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Aug 06, 2007 3.7 / 5 (80) 0

Mothers of babies born with some structural birth defects—including missing limbs, malformed hearts and underdeveloped spinal cords—appear more likely to be obese prior to becoming pregnant than mothers whose children ...

Medicine & Health - Other

Aug 06, 2007 4 / 5 (3) 0

Say what you will, Shakespeare, but a McNugget by any other name is just not as tasty. At least, not to the 3- to 5-year-old set.

Medicine & Health - Other

Aug 06, 2007 4.6 / 5 (9) 0

Caffeine may help older women protect their thinking skills, according to a study published in the August 7, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Aug 06, 2007 4.4 / 5 (7) 0

As we develop, the company we keep may be increasingly influenced by our genes, according to a new study led by Virginia Commonwealth University researchers.

Medicine & Health - Genetics

Aug 06, 2007 4.1 / 5 (9) 0

Within Southern Florida, soil and water conditions indicate potential for leaching from the use of atrazine-based herbicides in corn crops. Scientists from USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and University ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 06, 2007 5 / 5 (6) 1