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Men who take aspirin have significantly lower PSA levels Medicine & Health / Cancer November 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet The use of aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is significantly associated with lower PSA levels, especially among men with prostate cancer, say researchers at Vanderbilt University.

Research sheds light on benefits of multiple mates General Science / Biology November 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 New research could explain why females of many species have multiple partners. Published on Friday 21 November 2008 in leading journal Science, the study was carried out by a team from the Universities of Exeter (UK), ...

Researcher invents molecule that stops SARS Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet A Purdue University researcher has created a compound that prevents replication of the virus that causes SARS and could lead to a treatment for the disease.

IBM Seeks to Build the Computer of the Future Based on Insights from the Brain Technology / Computer Sciences November 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- In an unprecedented undertaking, IBM Research and five leading universities are partnering to create computing systems that are expected to simulate and emulate the brain’s abilities for sensation, ...

Scientists achieve repair of injured heart muscle in lab tests of stem cells Medicine & Health / Research November 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have been able to effectively repair damaged heart muscle in an animal model using a novel population of stem cells they discovered that is derived from human skeletal ...

Where does the gene activity of youth go? New findings may hold the key General Science / Biology November 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 New evidence may explain why it is that we lose not only our youthful looks, but also our youthful pattern of gene activity with age. A report in the November 26th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, ...

Colonies in collapse: What's causing massive honeybee die-offs? General Science / Biology November 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 73 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 “To the bee, a flower is a fountain of life, and to the flower, a bee is a messenger of love,” wrote poet Kahlil Gibran. Whether or not love is involved in the exchange, the evolutionary dance between pollen-transporting ...

Germany's CESAR crowned king of rovers in ESA’s Robotics Challenge Electronic Devices / Robotics November 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 (PhysOrg.com) -- A robot rover designed by a Bremen university team has won an ESA contest to retrieve soil samples from a lunar-style terrestrial crater. Eight student teams fielded rovers during the event, ...

Dopamine is key to a parasite’s ability to unite rat and cat, researcher says General Science / Biology November 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 (PhysOrg.com) -- Who knew cat urine could be sexy? With a dab here and a dab there, you can have male rats swooning over you.

Researchers develop ultrafast oscilloscope on a chip Physics / Physics November 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- As photonics -- using beams of light in place of electricity for communications and computing -- becomes more common, engineers need new tools for troubleshooting. Now researchers at Cornell ...

Researchers find new path to antibiotics in dirt General Science / Biology November 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- A teaspoon of dirt contains an estimated 10,000 species of bacteria, but it’s only one percent of these microbial bugs — the ones that can be grown easily in a lab — that have brought us antibiotics, anticancer ...

Exercise and rest reduce cancer risk Medicine & Health / Cancer November 17, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Exercise is good for more than just your waistline. A recent study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research suggests that ...

Bulgarian archaeologists unearth ancient chariot General Science / Archaeology & Fossils November 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet (AP) -- Archaeologists have unearthed an elaborately decorated 1,800-year-old chariot sheathed in bronze at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Friday. "The ...

Bipolar disorder genes, pathways identified Medicine & Health / Genetics November 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Neuroscientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine have created the first comprehensive map of genes likely to be involved in bipolar disorder, according to research published online Nov. 21 in the American Journal ...

Do you know you're having a stroke? Medicine & Health / Diseases November 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet A Mayo Clinic study shows a majority of stroke patients don't think they're having a stroke -- and as a result -- delay seeking treatment until their condition worsens. The findings appear in the current issue of Emergency ...

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Men who take aspirin have significantly lower PSA levels Medicine & Health / Cancer November 16, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet The use of aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is significantly associated with lower PSA levels, especially among men with prostate cancer, say researchers at Vanderbilt University.

Research sheds light on benefits of multiple mates General Science / Biology November 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 New research could explain why females of many species have multiple partners. Published on Friday 21 November 2008 in leading journal Science, the study was carried out by a team from the Universities of Exeter (UK), ...

Researcher invents molecule that stops SARS Medicine & Health / Research November 11, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet A Purdue University researcher has created a compound that prevents replication of the virus that causes SARS and could lead to a treatment for the disease.

IBM Seeks to Build the Computer of the Future Based on Insights from the Brain Technology / Computer Sciences November 20, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- In an unprecedented undertaking, IBM Research and five leading universities are partnering to create computing systems that are expected to simulate and emulate the brain’s abilities for sensation, ...

Scientists achieve repair of injured heart muscle in lab tests of stem cells Medicine & Health / Research November 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have been able to effectively repair damaged heart muscle in an animal model using a novel population of stem cells they discovered that is derived from human skeletal ...

Where does the gene activity of youth go? New findings may hold the key General Science / Biology November 26, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 18 vote(s) \| User comments: 5 New evidence may explain why it is that we lose not only our youthful looks, but also our youthful pattern of gene activity with age. A report in the November 26th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, ...

Colonies in collapse: What's causing massive honeybee die-offs? General Science / Biology November 12, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 73 vote(s) \| User comments: 9 “To the bee, a flower is a fountain of life, and to the flower, a bee is a messenger of love,” wrote poet Kahlil Gibran. Whether or not love is involved in the exchange, the evolutionary dance between pollen-transporting ...

Germany's CESAR crowned king of rovers in ESA’s Robotics Challenge Electronic Devices / Robotics November 04, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 (PhysOrg.com) -- A robot rover designed by a Bremen university team has won an ESA contest to retrieve soil samples from a lunar-style terrestrial crater. Eight student teams fielded rovers during the event, ...

Dopamine is key to a parasite’s ability to unite rat and cat, researcher says General Science / Biology November 05, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 3 (PhysOrg.com) -- Who knew cat urine could be sexy? With a dab here and a dab there, you can have male rats swooning over you.

Researchers develop ultrafast oscilloscope on a chip Physics / Physics November 06, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- As photonics -- using beams of light in place of electricity for communications and computing -- becomes more common, engineers need new tools for troubleshooting. Now researchers at Cornell ...

Researchers find new path to antibiotics in dirt General Science / Biology November 07, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet (PhysOrg.com) -- A teaspoon of dirt contains an estimated 10,000 species of bacteria, but it’s only one percent of these microbial bugs — the ones that can be grown easily in a lab — that have brought us antibiotics, anticancer ...

Exercise and rest reduce cancer risk Medicine & Health / Cancer November 17, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Exercise is good for more than just your waistline. A recent study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research suggests that ...

Bulgarian archaeologists unearth ancient chariot General Science / Archaeology & Fossils November 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet (AP) -- Archaeologists have unearthed an elaborately decorated 1,800-year-old chariot sheathed in bronze at an ancient Thracian tomb in southeastern Bulgaria, the head of the excavation said Friday. "The ...

Bipolar disorder genes, pathways identified Medicine & Health / Genetics November 21, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s) \| User comments: 1 Neuroscientists at the Indiana University School of Medicine have created the first comprehensive map of genes likely to be involved in bipolar disorder, according to research published online Nov. 21 in the American Journal ...

Do you know you're having a stroke? Medicine & Health / Diseases November 25, 2008 \| User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet A Mayo Clinic study shows a majority of stroke patients don't think they're having a stroke -- and as a result -- delay seeking treatment until their condition worsens. The findings appear in the current issue of Emergency ...

Men who take aspirin have significantly lower PSA levels

Research sheds light on benefits of multiple mates

Researcher invents molecule that stops SARS

IBM Seeks to Build the Computer of the Future Based on Insights from the Brain

Scientists achieve repair of injured heart muscle in lab tests of stem cells

Where does the gene activity of youth go? New findings may hold the key

Colonies in collapse: What's causing massive honeybee die-offs?

Germany's CESAR crowned king of rovers in ESA’s Robotics Challenge

Dopamine is key to a parasite’s ability to unite rat and cat, researcher says

Researchers develop ultrafast oscilloscope on a chip

Researchers find new path to antibiotics in dirt

Exercise and rest reduce cancer risk

Bulgarian archaeologists unearth ancient chariot

Bipolar disorder genes, pathways identified

Do you know you're having a stroke?

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