An Oregon doctor is the first surgeon in the United States to remove a woman's gallbladder through her mouth.

Medicine & Health - Other

Jun 22, 2007 4.6 / 5 (12) 0

The current edition of science journal Nature describes how Macquarie University microbiologist Dr Belinda Ferrari has been the first scientist worldwide to culture a particular family of bacteria in the lab, by growing it in ...

Biology -

Jun 22, 2007 4.6 / 5 (11) 0

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a new high-reliability technology for high power gallium nitride (GaN) high electron-mobility transistors (HEMT), paving the way for commercialization ...

Technology - Semiconductors

Jun 22, 2007 4.4 / 5 (7) 0

Flight controllers decided to try landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., after weather failed to improve at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jun 22, 2007 4 / 5 (2) 0

The right feedback design can be critical to the long-term success of online marketplaces and auction sites, and they can also help consumers become better shoppers, according to a study from the Sauder School of Business ...

Other Sciences - Other

Jun 22, 2007 2.7 / 5 (3) 0

Mars mission Job One: Get there. Job Two: Find rocks and zap them with your laser tool. Now learn the nature of the debris by spectrographically analyzing the ensuing dust and fragments. It’s every kid’s ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jun 22, 2007 4.5 / 5 (6) 0

To understand the meaning of a conversation, kids automatically do what adults do —besides processing the meaning of words, they unconsciously "read" the expression on a person's face and listen to their tone of voice, ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Jun 22, 2007 4.6 / 5 (32) 0

In the Stone Age, prehistoric peoples created weapons by making stone projectile points and affixing them to arrow and spear shafts. Until now, no one has researched the technological advantage or disadvantage ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Jun 22, 2007 3.4 / 5 (45) 0

In the first trial of its kind in the world, 60 patients who have recently suffered a major heart attack will be injected with selected stem cells from their own bone marrow during routine coronary bypass surgery.

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Jun 22, 2007 3.5 / 5 (4) 0

Misfolded and disused proteins are eliminated by a cellular shredder called the proteasome. The cell labels the proteins it wants to dispose with Ubiquitin (Ub) in order to avoid the unwanted degradation of still needed proteins. ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Jun 22, 2007 5 / 5 (1) 0

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have patented a strategy for developing a human vaccine to prevent against Human Cytomegalovirus (hCMV) infection ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

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A team of chemists at Brown University have devised a simple way to synthesize iron-platinum nanorods and nanowires while controlling both size and composition. Nanorods with uniform shape and magnetic alignment ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Jun 22, 2007 4.3 / 5 (31) 0

A British company has developed an insulin pill that may provide better control of diabetes symptoms than daily insulin injections.

Medicine & Health - Medications

Jun 22, 2007 4.9 / 5 (9) 0

Boaters on Lake Superior said the water is so low it appears the world's largest freshwater lake is disappearing.

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 22, 2007 4.2 / 5 (37) 0

New Delhi officials are considering the import of thousands of mosquito-eating frogs to prevent an outbreak of dengue fever.

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Jun 22, 2007 4.7 / 5 (3) 0