Frontpage » 04/24/2008 » page 5 »

Archive: 04/24/2008

Baker College wins cyber defense contest

Baker College of Flint, Mich., Texas A&M University and the University of Louisville have won top honors in the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition.

Technology / Other

created Apr 24, 2008 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

New gene discovered for new form of intellectual disability

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has discovered a new form of intellectual disability involving mental retardation (MR) along with the eye defect retinitis pigmentosa (RP). CAMH also discovered the previously ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 24, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Galaxies Gone Wild

Interacting galaxies are found throughout the Universe, sometimes as dramatic collisions that trigger bursts of star formation, on other occasions as stealthy mergers that result in new galaxies. A series ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 24, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (32) | comments 9

Pretermers bounce back from pain with a cuddle

Research published today in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics suggests that very preterm babies, born between 28 and 31 weeks, could benefit from skin-to-skin cuddling with their mother before and during painful proced ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 24, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new iconic drug information system inspired by road signs

Although drug prescriptions are notoriously difficult to read, prescribing errors due to a lack of knowledge of drug properties are a worse problem.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 24, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2