Some medical experts are questioning the accuracy of data about the health problems of Ground Zero workers in New York.

Medicine & Health - Health

Sep 07, 2007 4 / 5 (2) 0

Honduran President Manuel Zelaya credited the country's forests and mangrove swamps with sapping some of Hurricane Felix's strength.

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 07, 2007 5 / 5 (2) 0

How the gene that has been pegged as a major risk factor for schizophrenia and other mood disorders that affect millions of Americans contributes to these diseases remains unclear. However, the results of a new study by Hopkins ...

Medicine & Health - Genetics

Sep 07, 2007 4.5 / 5 (19) 0

Did the great flood of Noah’s generation really occur thousands of years ago? Was the Roman city of Caesarea destroyed by an ancient tsunami? Will pollution levels in our deep seas remain forever a mystery?

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Sep 07, 2007 4.2 / 5 (5) 0

Experiments in the PEP-II accelerator have shown that beam pipes with grooves can snare unwelcome electrons, greatly reducing the formation of electron clouds that can disturb the beam.

Physics - General Physics

Sep 07, 2007 4.7 / 5 (10) 0

A Brookings Institution study suggested that restoring the health of the U.S. Great Lakes could create $50 billion in economic benefit for the area.

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 07, 2007 4.6 / 5 (5) 0

Since Sky in Google Earth debuted two weeks ago to let the public explore the heavens from their computers, two University of California, Berkeley, astronomers have jumped in to populate Google's sky with ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Sep 07, 2007 4.3 / 5 (18) 0

On the occasion of IBC, Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung Electronics today announced that they are demonstrating live broadcast mobile TV in S-Band using a Samsung handset.

Technology - Telecom

Sep 07, 2007 3 / 5 (3) 0

Postmenopausal women consuming two or more alcoholic beverages a day may double their risk of endometrial cancer, suggests a study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC). The study will appear in ...

Medicine & Health - Cancer

Sep 07, 2007 3 / 5 (2) 0

Philips today unveiled their revolutionary new rotary wheel remote control technology for consumer electronic device manufacturers. Designed to enable quick and intuitive navigation of user interfaces & scrolling through ...

Electronics - Consumer & Gadgets

Sep 07, 2007 3.4 / 5 (7) 0

A smart introduction of a variable toll charge, with different rates at different departure times, reduces traffic jams. Even small toll charges can exert a large effect on the total travel time, concludes Dutch researcher ...

Other Sciences - Other

Sep 07, 2007 5 / 5 (1) 0

After a separation or divorce the chances of marrying or cohabiting again decrease. In particular, a previous marriage or children from a previous relationship, reduce the chances of a new relationship. Moreover, the prospects ...

Medicine & Health - Psychology & Psychiatry

Sep 07, 2007 4.2 / 5 (5) 0

Mice containing a mutated human gene implicated in autism exhibit the poor social skills but increased intelligence akin to the title character’s traits in the movie “Rain Man,” researchers at UT Southwestern Medical ...

Medicine & Health - Medical research

Sep 07, 2007 4.1 / 5 (7) 0

The University of Colorado at Boulder delivered the Extreme Ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE), first of three Solar Dynamic Observatory instruments, to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Sep 07, 2007 4 / 5 (3) 0

New research at MIT has revealed for the first time the role of bone's atomistic structure in a toughening mechanism that incorporates two theories previously proposed by researchers eager to understand the ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Sep 07, 2007 4.5 / 5 (15) 0