Early Exposure To Toxins Sets Stage For Adult Tumors
For gene-environment interactions, the timing of the environmental exposure may be critical, say scientists at the M. D. Anderson Cancer…
Artificial Proteins Could Help Repair Cells
Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a new class of artificial proteins that can assemble themselves into a gel and…
Artificial Proteins Could Help Repair Cells
Johns Hopkins University researchers have created a new class of artificial proteins that can assemble themselves into a gel and…
Reproductive Problems Linked To High Plasticiser Levels
Phthalates, widely used as plasticisers, have for some time been connected with rising infertility rates in men. These substances are…
K Meson Decay May Upset Standard Model Of Particle Physics
An international team of physicists examining an extremely rare form of subatomic particle decay – a veritable needle in a…
Scramjet Set For Weekend Test
NASA may come one step closer to faster, less expensive and more reliable access to space if the X-43A vehicle…
For Sheep, Homosexuality Is In The Genes
Researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) School of Medicine have confirmed that a male sheep’s preference for…
New Internet Protocol Promises Speed Breakthrough
Researchers in North Carolina State University’s Department of Computer Science have developed a new data transfer protocol for the Internet…
Poor Diet, Physical Inactivity Set to Overtake Tobacco In Death Stakes
About half of all deaths in the U.S. can be attributed to largely preventable behaviors and exposures, with tobacco use…
New Theory On How Nicotine Protects The Brain
While the risks associated with tobacco use are well known, several studies have shown that people with a history of…
Copper Used To “Starve” Cancer Growth
Starving a cancerous tumor of its blood supply may stop its growth while other treatments are used to kill it.…
Experiments May Yield Materials With Negative Refractive Index
British and American scientists have demonstrated an artificially made material that can provide a magnetic response to Terahertz frequency radiation,…
Nuclear Fusion From Bubbles Blasted With Sound
Physical Review E has announced the publication of an article by a team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI),…
New Dinosaur Species Dug Up In Antarctica
Against incredible odds, researchers working in separate sites, thousands of miles apart in Antarctica have found what they believe are…