The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of Private Selection-brand light churned mint chocolate chip ice cream due to a labeling error.

Medicine & Health - Other

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Scientists have long thought that the cells that ultimately give rise to the heart all respond to the same cue before turning into the muscle tissue of this vital organ.

Biology -

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There is no question that Al Gore’s 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth is a powerful example of how scientific knowledge can be communicated to a lay audience. What is up for debate is whether it accurately presents the sc ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 14, 2008 3 / 5 (53) 11

An upcoming paper from Dr. David Wassarman (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health) in the May 1 issue of G&D lends new insight into the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration in Ataxia telangiectasia.

Medicine & Health - Medical research

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Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have uncovered the first clues about the ancient origins of a mother's intricate lifeline to her unborn baby, the placenta, which delivers oxygen and nutrients critical ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Apr 14, 2008 4.2 / 5 (6) 0

Dying river red gums along the River Murray in South Australia could be saved with clever irrigation technology, according to University of Adelaide researcher Anne Jensen.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 14, 2008 2.5 / 5 (2) 0

The Delta II 7920-H, or "Heavy," rocket that will launch NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) satellite is in the process of being assembled on Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Apr 14, 2008 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

The widespread assumption that pandemic influenza is an exceptionally deadly form of seasonal, or nonpandemic, flu is hard to support, according to a new study in the May issue of the American Journal of Pu ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Apr 14, 2008 5 / 5 (1) 0

It's been a long road from being engulfed in flames in an explosion in Israel to leaving dollar bills in dorm refrigerators at MIT. But in an odd way, it's all connected.

Other Sciences - Other

Apr 14, 2008 4.5 / 5 (67) 9

Linking communities and information into a virtual digital library is the 21st century version of the Dictionaire Raisonneé. Better, they can be organised around specific topics, creating vast repositories and networks of ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Apr 14, 2008 4 / 5 (7) 1

Renewable electricity is being supported by a growing number of states through the creation of renewables portfolio standards (RPS). A report released by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...

Other Sciences - Other

Apr 14, 2008 5 / 5 (1) 0

A protein profile has been identified in the blood of chronic sinusitis sufferers that may enable physicians to objectively diagnosis and treat the disease, researchers say.

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Apr 14, 2008 5 / 5 (2) 0

Apple iPhone and iPod (touch) support a new self-localization feature that uses known locations of wireless access points as well as the device's own ability to detect access points. Now ETH Zurich researchers ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Apr 14, 2008 4.4 / 5 (12) 1

Already several seconds before we consciously make a decision its outcome can be predicted from unconscious activity in the brain. This is shown in a study by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Apr 14, 2008 4.7 / 5 (51) 2

Researchers at Rutgers’ Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy have shown that administering a combination of the widely used drugs Celebrex (celecoxib, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug) and Lipitor (atorvastatin, a cholesterol ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Apr 14, 2008 4.9 / 5 (9) 0