Consumers may be able to eat longer-lasting, potentially healthier fish fillets if research at Oregon State University makes its way to the supermarket.

Chemistry - Other

Jul 16, 2009 2.8 / 5 (4) 1

Researchers from the Institute of Prevention Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) found in a recent study that overweight youth were twice as likely to have overweight friends.

Medicine & Health - Health

Jul 16, 2009 3.5 / 5 (2) 3

(AP) -- IBM Corp. has proved a rare animal in the recession. Like everyone else, its sales have been hurt. Profit margins, though, have only gotten better and better, and on Thursday IBM ramped up its full-year earnings ...

Technology - Business

Jul 16, 2009 not rated yet 0

A new microscope that views the subatomic universe -- the first of its kind in the world -- is being built for the University of Victoria, Canada, in collaboration with Hitachi High-Technologies.

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Jul 16, 2009 4.7 / 5 (3) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Great Lakes are in the midst of a remarkable ecological transformation, driven largely by the blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of non-native mussels.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 16, 2009 5 / 5 (5) 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biofuels derived from renewable sources can be produced in large quantities and address many problems related to fossil fuels, including greenhouse gas emissions, but only if they are made ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jul 16, 2009 3.7 / 5 (7) 11

The repeal of the federal speed control law in 1995 has resulted in an increase in road fatalities and injuries, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health.

Medicine & Health - Health

Jul 16, 2009 1 / 5 (1) 3

Everyone sweats to some degree during exercise or other exerting activities. But for some people, profuse sweating is a constant that can quickly impact quality-of-life, according to University of Cincinnati ...

Medicine & Health - Other

Jul 16, 2009 not rated yet 0

Treating patients with thalidomide in combination with chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) did not improve their survival but did increase their risk of blood clots, according to a new study published online July ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Jul 16, 2009 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- On July 15, 2004, NASA's Aura spacecraft launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on a mission to study Earth's ozone layer, air quality and climate. Aura's data are helping scientists ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jul 16, 2009 5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Treatments for the most common airborne fungal disease are proving less effective due to increased resistance to the anti-fungal drugs used to combat infections.

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Jul 16, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 1

U.S. Department of Energy laboratories fight off millions of cyber attacks every year, but a near real-time dialog between these labs about this hostile activity has never existed - until now.

Technology - Computer Sciences

Jul 16, 2009 5 / 5 (1) 0

A single evolutionary event appears to explain the short, curved legs that characterize all of today's dachshunds, corgis, basset hounds and at least 16 other breeds of dogs, a team led by the National Human ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jul 16, 2009 4.9 / 5 (8) 2

Cambridge University Eco Racing team's new solar racing car showcases cutting-edge environmentally-friendly technology, applicable to the next generation of electric vehicles.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jul 16, 2009 3 / 5 (5) 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ah, Paris. Land of the Eiffel Tower, delicious French bread and... tropical rainforests? Sacrebleu! It seems unlikely, but scientists have discovered evidence that France may have been a hot, wet tropical ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Jul 16, 2009 3.8 / 5 (9) 2