Authorities declared a state of emergency in northern California, ravaged by fires at a time when several other western US states are also fighting flames.

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 23, 2012 not rated yet 0

UC Santa Barbara scientists trying to control the invasive tamarisk plant have been getting a boost from evolution, in the form of a rapidly evolving beetle that has been changing its life cycle to more efficiently ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 12, 2012 not rated yet 0

Children immured within their severely disabled bodies may soon be able to communicate thanks to a newly unveiled device that translates physiological signals into music.

Medicine & Health - Health

Oct 04, 2010 5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Cambridge University in the UK have been able to communicate with brain-injured patients in "locked states" commonly referred to as persistent vegetative states (PVS). They ...

Medicine & Health - Neuroscience

Sep 22, 2010 4.5 / 5 (20) 7 |

Germany's Federal Court of Justice on Friday overturned the conviction of a lawyer who advised an elderly comatose woman's family to cut off her feeding tube, in a landmark ruling on euthanasia.

Medicine & Health - Other

Jun 25, 2010 4.4 / 5 (8) 6

(AP) -- It was heralded as a medical miracle. After spending more than two decades in a vegetative state, Rom Houben, a Belgian man in his mid-40s, was suddenly able to communicate, news reports trumpeted last November.

Medicine & Health - Neuroscience

Feb 19, 2010 4.4 / 5 (14) 8