News tagged with visible scar

Surgeons remove gall bladder through belly button to prevent scars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgeons at The Methodist Hospital in Houston are removing gall bladders through a single incision in the belly button to prevent scarring for patients with gall stones. The procedure also has the potential ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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Well preserved mammoth from Siberia shows signs of early man stealing from lions

(PhysOrg.com) -- An exceedingly well preserved juvenile mammoth carcass has been found in Siberia near the Arctic Ocean and it shows signs of having been attacked by a cave lion and then partially butchered ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

'Noodle gels' or 'spaghetti highways' could become tools of regenerative medicine

Medicine's recipe for keeping older people active and functioning in their homes and workplaces — and healing younger people injured in catastrophic accidents — may include "noodle gels" and other lab-made invisible ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Stars with dusty disks should harbor Earth-like worlds

Stars with disks of debris around them might be good targets to search for Earth-like planets, researchers say.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New forms of torture leave 'invisible scars', say researchers

Use of torture around the world has not diminished but the techniques used have grown more complex and sophisticated, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 81

Satellite shows burn scar from Fourmile canyon fire of sept. 2010

In September 2010, the Fourmile Canyon Fire broke out in the foothills west of Boulder, Colorado, scorching more than 6,000 acres (2,500 hectares) and forcing residents to evacuate. Ten months later, residents ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA satellite observes damage path of april tornadoes

Recent images of the April 27 storm damage path have been captured by NASA's Terra satellite, part of NASA's Earth Observing Satellite system, or EOS. An instrument aboard Terra, called Advanced Spaceborne ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Giffords: A poignant presence, but out of view

(AP) -- It's a sight many Americans would surely love to see: a recovering Rep. Gabrielle Giffords watching as her astronaut husband blasts off into space.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists: Soot may be key to rapid Arctic melt

An international research team is in the land of snow and ice, in search of soot.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Safer, more effective skin-whitening creams from ancient Chinese herbal medicine

Scientists today reported discovery of the active ingredients in an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine for skin whitening, changing skin color to a lighter shade. The ingredients are poised for clinical trials as a ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Old-growth tree stumps tell the story of fire in the upper Midwest

Researchers have constructed a 226-year history of fire in southern Illinois by looking at fire scars in tree stumps. Their study, the most in-depth fire history reported for the upper Midwest, reveals that ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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