Personalized approach to smoking cessation may be reality in 3-5 years
A personalized approach to smoking cessation therapy is quickly taking shape. New evidence from Duke University Medical Center and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) suggests that combining information about a smoker's ...
Gadgets: Easy video editing for PC
Getting started with video cameras is pretty easy, but editing the video is a whole different problem -- especially for beginners.
Oil spills raise arsenic levels in the ocean, says new research
Oil spills can increase levels of toxic arsenic in the ocean, creating an additional long-term threat to the marine ecosystem, according to research published today in the journal Water Research.
Flash, aaaaagh! Is your school website flashy but safe?
Most educational websites in the U.S. are using Flash applications that fail to adequately secure these pages. This is a growing problem for the Internet as vulnerable sites can be hijacked for malicious and criminal activity, ...
US videogame sales slip in May: NPD
US videogame sales slid anew in May with lower console prices proving a boon to buyers but eating into industry revenue.
Spin-out in cutting-edge light source technology
The University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland has secured a spin-out deal to form a company working in the field of novel next-generation light source technology, which could open up a range of opportunities ...
Driving while blind? Maybe, with new high-tech car
(AP) -- Could a blind person drive a car? Researchers are trying to make that far-fetched notion a reality.
Simpler and cheaper antibiotic prophylaxis with insertion of nutrition catheter in the stomach
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet recommends a new routine for protection against infection when percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), a tube for feeding directly through the abdominal wall, is surgically inserted ...
Caltech biologists discover how T cells make a commitment
(PhysOrg.com) -- When does a cell decide its particular identity? According to biologists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), in the case of T cells—immune system cells that help destroy ...
Spanish study: Women live longer but in worse condition
Although women have a longer life expectancy, they experience a much greater prevalence of disability in old age than men do. This is the main conclusion of the study published in the latest issue of the Journal of ...
Florida tests inventors' sand-cleaning ideas
(AP) -- Some inventors came with cotton fiber rolls, others with oil-clumping polymer mixes and one brought a specially designed rake. Their task: clean layers of crude oil and tar from a once-pristine Florida ...
Newsmax out of Newsweek bidding, deadline for bids expires
Publisher Newsmax Media said Thursday it has pulled out of the running for Newsweek, as the deadline expired for bids for the magazine.
Lymphoma patients with cardiovascular disease have increased risk of cardiac hospitalization
Older patients with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and a history of heart disease face a high risk of hospitalization for cardiac complications after completing treatment, according to research published online today in Blood, the jo ...
Study will look at oil spill's effect on whales
(AP) -- Tags, tissue samples and sound are among methods being used on a scientific cruise to study the Gulf of Mexico oil spill's effects on whales and other endangered animals.