The first study on progesterone and Alzheimer’s disease has found no clear preventive benefit for the widely prescribed hormone in an animal model.

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Nov 27, 2007 4 / 5 (3) 0

Using a computer model simulation, Haruichi Washimi, a physicist at UC Riverside, has predicted when the interplanetary spacecraft Voyager 2 will cross the “termination shock,” the spherical shell around ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Nov 27, 2007 4.7 / 5 (62) 4

Heavy smoking and drinking are known to cause head and neck cancer. Infection with human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16), a common strain of the sexually-transmitted HPV virus, is another known risk factor for head and neck ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Nov 27, 2007 5 / 5 (1) 0

Treating breast cancer with a type of heat therapy derived from MIT radar research can significantly increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy, according to results from the fourth clinical trial of the technique reported ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Nov 27, 2007 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Policy makers, employers and others can use the science of behavioral economics to steer people toward wiser choices — and dramatically improve their health — without limiting their freedom to do as they please, according ...

Technology - Other

Nov 27, 2007 4.7 / 5 (9) 0

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed and tested a laser-based ranging system to assess the performance of automobile collision warning systems.

Technology - Engineering

Nov 27, 2007 3 / 5 (2) 0

Primary care physicians should focus on "dementia red flags" rather than routinely screen individuals with no dementia symptoms just because they've reached a certain age, according to Malaz Boustani, M.D., MPH, of the Indiana ...

Medicine & Health - Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Nov 27, 2007 4.7 / 5 (3) 0

A new study in the November issue of the Journal of Periodontology found that prevention of periodontal diseases may lead to savings on not only dental costs, but also medical care costs. Periodontal, or gum diseases have b ...

Medicine & Health - Other

Nov 27, 2007 3.8 / 5 (4) 0

The discovery of a gene responsible for black coat color in dogs may help researchers understand fundamental processes in humans, including the regulation of body weight and stress hormones.

Biology -

Nov 27, 2007 4.8 / 5 (4) 1

Cancer-killing viruses are a promising therapy for incurable brain tumors, but their effectiveness has been limited in part because immune cells rapidly move in and eliminate them.

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Nov 27, 2007 5 / 5 (1) 0

Joe Camel may be long gone, but that doesn’t mean tobacco marketers have abandoned their efforts to get young people hooked on smoking.

Medicine & Health - Health

Nov 27, 2007 5 / 5 (1) 0

Fujitsu Limited today announced the development of the MHZ2 BH series of 2.5" hard disk drives with a maximum capacity of 320 GB. Sales of the new series will begin in February 2008.

Electronics - Hardware

Nov 27, 2007 3.4 / 5 (5) 0

Einstein's self-proclaimed "biggest blunder" -- his postulation of a cosmological constant (a force that opposes gravity and keeps the universe from collapsing) -- may not be such a blunder after all, according to the research ...

Physics - General Physics

Nov 27, 2007 4.2 / 5 (73) 9

The robot has come one shuffle step closer to becoming an aid to its human counterparts. The scientific explorers in robotics led by Dr. Koeda take a series of shuffle steps for mankind.

Electronics - Robotics

Nov 27, 2007 4.1 / 5 (14) 0

Scientists can only develop new cancer drugs or search for cures by testing their theories on the real thing. Traditionally, they've done so by culturing cancer cells on petri dishes or plastic slides. But ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Nov 27, 2007 4.8 / 5 (5) 0