U.S. Egyptologist Betsy Bryan is sharing her work with the world through an online diary, detailing the day-to-day life at an archaeological dig.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Jan 17, 2007 4.3 / 5 (3) 0

British scientists have found an unexpected link between Asian monsoons and an oscillating pattern of Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 17, 2007 3.8 / 5 (5) 0

A unique collaboration between electrical engineers, mechanical engineers and cancer researchers may be the perfect combination to improve diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with melanoma.

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Jan 17, 2007 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

Banished from kitchen counters, E. coli, albeit a harmless variety, are taking to space. On Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, bacteria hitchhiked into low-Earth orbit aboard an Air Force Minotaur 1 rocket that took ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jan 17, 2007 not rated yet 0

North Carolina State professor Dr. Michael Walden is an economist and not an airplane pilot, but he uses aviation terminology to discuss the prospects for the U.S. economy in the next 12 months.

Other Sciences - Other

Jan 17, 2007 2.3 / 5 (3) 0

Swimmers and scuba divers can improve their swimming endurance and breathing capacity through targeted training of the respiratory muscles, researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown.

Medicine & Health - Other

Jan 17, 2007 4.8 / 5 (4) 0

Researchers at Montana State University have used an engineered form of ferritin, a cage-like iron storage protein, to both synthesize and deliver iron oxide nanoparticles to tumors. The investigators, led by Trevor Douglas, ...

Nanotechnology - Bio & Medicine

Jan 17, 2007 4.7 / 5 (3) 0

A team of researchers led by McGill University psychologist Mark Baldwin has created a video game that it says is not only good for you – it makes you feel good about yourself.

Medicine & Health - Psychology & Psychiatry

Jan 17, 2007 2.8 / 5 (17) 0

U.S. scientists have developed a penicillin-coated version of a polymer biomaterial to protect polymer-based surgical devices and medical implants.

Medicine & Health - Other

Jan 17, 2007 3.8 / 5 (4) 0

Researchers at the University of Victoria have discovered new lightweight magnets that could be used in making everything from extra-thin magnetic computer memory to ultra-light spacecraft parts. A paper on the study will ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Jan 17, 2007 4.6 / 5 (14) 0

A new study led by a University of Florida paleontologist reconstructs the base of our family tree and extends its roots 10 million years, a finding that sheds new light on the origin and earliest stages of primate evolution.

Biology -

Jan 17, 2007 4.3 / 5 (11) 0

Removing large herbivorous mammals from the African savanna can cause a dramatic shift in the relative abundance of species throughout the food chain, according to scientists from Stanford University, Princeton University ...

Biology -

Jan 17, 2007 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

The world's biggest infrared camera for Europe's newest telescope left the UK today (17th January 2007) for its flight to Santiago in Chile. The infrared camera will sit at the focal point of VISTA - a UK provided ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jan 17, 2007 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia have found a way to organize molecules in a crystal so that the poles align in the same direction. In preliminary tests, the scientists also have discovered that aligned ...

Chemistry -

Jan 17, 2007 4.2 / 5 (5) 0

Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at Oxford University have discovered a gene in mice which is involved in epilepsy and learning disabilities in humans.

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Jan 17, 2007 4.5 / 5 (2) 0