(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as fly paper captures insects, a pair of nanotechnology-enabled devices are able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor. These cells, known as circulating tumor cells, or ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 14, 2010
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Of all the hype generated by the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week, few products generated more headlines and heat than tablet PCs.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 14, 2010
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A homeowner's station in life and personal spending beliefs and habits are important indicators of the borrower's potential for home-mortgage default, say researchers in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School ...
Economics & Business
Jan 14, 2010
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Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft said Wednesday they will jointly spend $250 million to develop hardware and software products that are designed to work together smoothly in their customers' data centers and in cloud computing ...
Business
Jan 14, 2010
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With the annual Consumer Electronic Show taking over Las Vegas last week, an endless number of products were introduced and on display.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 14, 2010
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Genetic analyses refute the hypothesis that an overly abundant population of minke whales is creating too much competition over food for populations of other whale species to rebound, according to a new study supported by ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 14, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A robust new technique for screening drugs' effects on zebrafish behavior is pointing Harvard University scientists toward unexpected compounds and pathways that may govern sleep and wakefulness in humans.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 14, 2010
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University of Utah scientists discovered that air flows in one direction as it loops through the lungs of alligators, just as it does in birds. The study suggests this breathing method may have helped the dinosaurs' ancestors ...
Archaeology
Jan 14, 2010
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Parasitic wasps kill pest insects, but their existence is largely unknown to the public. Now, scientists led by John H. Werren, professor of biology at the University of Rochester, and Stephen Richards at the Genome Sequencing ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 14, 2010
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A landmark study from the University of British Columbia finds that the neighbourhoods in which children reside at kindergarten predict their reading comprehension skills seven years later.
Social Sciences
Jan 14, 2010
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