A pioneering study by researchers of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has shed light on the prevention of heat stroke for outdoor workers in a scientific manner. One of the major recommendations is to link up ...
Other
Jun 18, 2012
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Zynga launched "Draw Something" in China as it moved to get non-English speakers caught up in the craze for the mobile phone game based on representing words with pictures.
Software
Jun 13, 2012
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With just one kick, you will be remembered forever as a hero. Or as an utter choker.
Other
Jun 12, 2012
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During the final stage of cell division, a short-lived contractile ring constricts the cellular membrane and eventually separates the dividing cell in two. Although this "molecular muscle's" composition, mainly actin and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 11, 2012
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Both radiation and many forms of chemotherapy try to kill tumors by causing oxidative stress in cancer cells. New research from USC on a protein that protects cancer and other cells from these stresses could one day help ...
Biochemistry
Apr 6, 2012
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Rehabilitation is crucial after a stroke. Yet patients don’t always do their exercises because they’re boring or difficult to do at home.
Robotics
Mar 27, 2012
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Toyota unveiled its ambitions for high-tech health care Tuesday, displaying experimental robots that the auto giant says can lift disabled patients from their hospital beds or help them walk.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 1, 2011
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The researchers found a way of identifying ideal drug combinations from billions of others which would prevent inflammation from occurring.
Biochemistry
Oct 23, 2011
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Research published in the October Molecular and Cellular Biology moves us closer to developing drugs that could mitigate diabetes.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 21, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When opportunity knocked, NASA heliophysicist Doug Rowland answered. He and his team recently secured another flight opportunity for a pint-sized instrument studying lightning in Earth's upper atmosphere ...
Space Exploration
Oct 19, 2011
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