News tagged with medical researchers

Fighting bacteria's strength in numbers

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have opened the way for more accurate research into new ways to fight dangerous bacterial infections by proving a long-held theory about how bacteria communicate ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New treatments could reduce odors in cotton fabric

Socks, T-shirts and other garments could become less hospitable to odor-causing bacteria, thanks to new antimicrobial treatments being investigated by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in New ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mechanical properties and microstructure of cranial and beak bones of the woodpecker and the lark

Woodpeckers do not experience head injury despite repeated high-speed impacts during pecking at 6-7 m/s and decelerations up to 1,000 g. This biomechanical analysis of woodpecker cranial structures sheds light ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

More than half of Americans doubt US global leadership in 2020

More than half of likely voters doubt that the United States will be the No. 1 world leader in science, technology and health care by the year 2020, according to a new national public opinion poll commissioned by Research!America. ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 5

Canadian Isotope Project enters final stretch

A research project exploring the potential for making medical isotopes with X-rays from a particle accelerator instead of a nuclear reactor is about to move to the large scale. The Canadian Isotope Project, led by the Canadian ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers develop novel drug delivery system

Long duration, controllable drug delivery is of wide interest to medical researchers and clinicians, particularly those seeking to improve treatment for patients with chronic pain or to prevent cancer recurrence after surgery. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Majority of Americans say research and development are key to building US economy

The new edition of America Speaks, a compilation of public opinion polls commissioned by Research!America, demonstrates increasing public support for research and innovation to improve health, create jobs and boost the economy. ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Collecting carbon in a concrete jungle

Land unsuitable for tree planting could still be used to reduce levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere thanks to new research.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

EU court: No patents for some stem cell techniques (Update 2)

The European Union's top court ruled Tuesday that scientists cannot patent stem cell techniques that use human embryos for research, a decision some scientists said could threaten major medical advances if it prevents biotech ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Kinder, gentler cell capture method could aid medical research

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has come up with a potential solution to a two-pronged problem in medical research: How to capture cells on a particular ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

ONR develops capability to understand effects of underwater pressure on divers

Reaching a new threshold in underwater medical studies, the Office of Naval Research (ONR), today announced a novel capability for examining how cells work at pressures far below the sea surface.

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Funding for nonhuman primate research questioned

A major review of nonhuman primate use in medical research has been conducted in the UK by Professor Sir Patrick Bateson, who is the president of the Zoological Society of London and an ethnologist from Cambridge University, ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Turning agents of disease into tools for health and better living

Viruses that attack plants, insects, mammals and bacteria are proving effective platforms for delivering medicines and imaging chemicals to specific cells in the body, as building blocks for tiny battery electrodes and computer ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Duh' science: Why researchers spend so much time proving the obvious

Medical researchers have unlocked the human genome, wiped out smallpox and made great strides in the fight against AIDS.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 8

Maryland poll: Traditional media and internet more trusted than social media for research news

Most Maryland residents trust the health and medical research information provided by traditional media—newspapers (77%), television (71%), magazines (68%), radio (66%)—and the Internet (also 66%), according to ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0