And the energy of the gamma rays is specific to the decay of positrons, which are the antimatter flavor of electrons ... A physics experiment using a super-fast explosion in a galaxy 7 ... ... been produced by the decay of energetic positrons, the antimatter equivalent of electrons ... | |
” Drayson also confirmed the veracity of an email leaked to the Sun newspaper, in which he apparently said he was “pretty ... ... quit in protest at the home secretary's sacking of chief drugs adviser Prof David Nutt ... ... comes after ministers faced days of criticism from senior scientists over the sacking of the government drugs adviser David Nutt ... | |
... exposed to higher levels of air pollution are at increased risk for bronchiolitis, according to a new study ... | |
... behaviour (such as the life-dependant thumping of our hearts), mNPs have come a long way in the past decade ... Whether it's magnetic nanoparticles (mNPs) giving an army of 'therapeutically armed' white blood cells direction to invade a deadly tumour's territory, or the use of mNPs to target specific nerve c ... | |
... can potentially misinform the public and contribute to distorted perceptions and gross underestimates of the number of civilians killed in the armed conflict ... ... in BioMed Central's open access journal Conflict and Health found that the discrepancy in media reporting of casualty numbers in the ... can potentially misinform the public and contribute to distorted perceptions and gross underestimates of the number of civilians killed in the armed conflict ... | |
... is promoted by pediatricians' perception of parents' expectations ... ... pediatricians are more likely to inappropriately prescribe antibiotics for respiratory tract infections if they perceived parents were expecting a prescription ... | |
Several readers recently asked the Consults blog whether cats, dogs and other pets can get sick from the H1N1 virus that causes swine flu ... ... the few reporters who could have written the article, "Flu dogma being rewritten by a strange virus no one pegged to trigger a pandemic" ... ... to the Humane Society, 63% of American households have pets, but only 10% of owned dogs and 18% of owned cats are adopted from shelters ... | |
School-based physical education plays a key role in curbing obesity and improving fitness among adolescents from low-income communities, according to a new study led by ... School-based physical education plays a key role in curbing obesity and improving fitness among adolescents from low-income communities, according to a new study ... | |
... data may be the first example of a new type of exploding star, possibly from a binary star system where helium flows from one ... The unusually rapid supernova appears to match the predicted behavior of a thermonuclear explosion on a white dwarf that is drawing helium from its binary companion ... | |
An attractive replacement for gasoline is biofuel, and in two studies published online in Genome Research, ... of bioethanol-producing microorganisms, uncovering genetic clues that will be critical in developing new technologies needed to implement production on a global scale ... An attractive replacement for gasoline is biofuel, and in two new studies, scientists have analyzed the ... of bioethanol-producing microorganisms, uncovering genetic clues that will be critical in developing new technologies needed to implement production on a global scale ... ... of bioethanol-producing microorganisms, uncovering genetic clues that will be critical in developing new technologies needed to implement production on a global scale ... | |
... a stem cell transplant, to successfully treat a group of leukaemia and pre-leukaemia patients for whom there previously had been no other curative ... ... to successfully treat a group of leukemia and pre-leukemia patients for whom there previously had been no other curative ... | |
... of Colorado at Boulder team has developed the first atlas of bacterial diversity across the human body, charting wide variations in microbe populations that live in different regions of the human body and which aid us in physiological functions ... Scientists have developed the first atlas of bacterial diversity across the human body, charting wide variations in microbe populations that live in different regions of the human body and which aid us in physiological functions ... | |
... can produce toxic compounds that are suspended particulate matter and gases and elements that may pollute the water—could increase the incidence of thyroid cancer; however, the mechanism by which it affects risk is unknown ... ... those associated with volcanoes, have not been excluded as risk factors ... People living in volcanic areas may face a higher risk for thyroid cancer, says a new study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute ... | |
... acetaminophen may be linked with an increased risk of asthma in children and adults, according to a new research review of previously published studies ... New research shows that the widely used pain reliever acetaminophen may be associated with an increased risk of asthma and wheezing in both children and adults exposed to the drug ... New research shows that the popular pain reliever, acetaminophen, may be tied to asthma in both children and adults ... | |
... the best recent blogging on archaeology and anthropology! Submissions for the next carnival will be sent to Colleen at Middle Savagery ... Start getting your skeptical blogging skills wound up to participate in this biweekly orgy of skepticism! Read the comments on this post ... Read the carnival, follow the links, and subscribe to interesting new skeptics! ... | |
An innovative proposal by the Ecuadorian government to protect an untouched, oil rich region ... potentially economically viable approach, says a team of environmental researchers from the University of Maryland, the World Resources Institute and Save America's ... | |
... step toward the goal of designing cheaper, more efficient catalysts to increase energy production, reduce Earth-warming gases and manufacture a wide variety of goods from medicines to ... It is a step toward better catalysts for energy production and to fight global warming ... | |
A gene associated with longevity in roundworms and humans has been shown to affect the function of stem cells that generate new neurons in the adult brain, according to ... com) -- A gene associated with longevity in roundworms and humans has been shown to affect the function of stem cells that generate new neurons in the adult brain, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine ... A gene associated with longevity in roundworms and humans has been shown to affect the function of stem cells that generate new neurones in the adult brain, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine ... | |
Oswald and various conspiracy theorists claimed that the incriminating photo was a fake, stating the lighting and shadows were inconsistent, but after analyzing the photo with ... Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle and a copy of The Militant communist paper in 1963 is authentic, says Dartmouth Computer Scientist Hany Farid, a pioneer in the field of digital forensics, who digitally analyzed ... of Oswald pictured in a backyard a few months before the assassination ... A computer scientist has new evidence regarding a photograph of accused JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald ... | |
Common experience tells us that particular scents of childhood can leave quite an impression, for better or for worse ... ... the results of a brain imaging study show that first scents really do enjoy a "privileged" status in the brain ... ... online on November 5th in Current Biology show that first scents really do enjoy a "privileged" status in the brain ... | |
Everybody understands that good parents have to lay down rules for their children as they grow up ... ... studies have found that in Western countries, when parents are too strict with their children, they can impede their psychological ... ... been suggested that this effect may not be as strong in East Asian countries — researchers have posited that certain aspects of East Asian culture may make children more accepting of their parents' intrusive behavior ... | |
... "Is Douglas Adams scripting the saga of sorrows facing the LHC? These time-traveling Higgs-Boson particles certainly exhibit the sign of ... the revelations intimated by the operation of CERN's Large Hadron Collider? This time, it is not falling cranes, cracked magnets, liquid ... ... that the baguette came from the future to sabotage the LHC? Is there any indication that this is a futuristic baguette? The possibility has been examined by theoretical physicists - considered unlikely as they feel baguettes will not play a part in ... ... to be caused by baguette carrying bird (not unknown for animals to cause this sort of problem) ... | |
... may have been less aggressive than many of their feline cousins, says a new study of male-female size differences in extinct big cats ... | |
Because pigs can be infected with both human flu strains and bird strains, they may serve as mixing vessels for new strains ... The H1N1 pandemic influenza is commonly called swine flu because it includes genes that typically occur in flu viruses common to pigs ... Different strains of flu infect all sorts of animals — seals, whales, horses, tigers, dogs, chickens ... | |
A new consortium to sequence the genes of a jaw-dropping range of vertebrates calls itself the Genome 10K ... But the genomes of 10,000 vertebrates would let us test lots and lots of hypotheses -- ... field observations and further sampling on cases where the genetic data are favorable ... ... to do the comparative method on anything complicated, like correlations between diet and brain size, or genetic networks instead of single genes, you will need to study lots and lots of pairs of species ... | |
... stunt by Oxfam - and just one of many put on by various activist groups each day - intended to raise awareness of the danger that rich countries will simply reduce development aid as they increase funding for ... ... any payments for reduced deforestation should include "safeguards against the conversion of natural forests to forest plantations ... ... in Barcelona by downgrading the relative contribution of carbon emissions from deforestation ... | |
... for calculating the motions and forces of thousands of atoms simultaneously over a wider range of time scales than previously possible ... | |
Louis, MO, November 4, 2009 -- Most weight-control strategies emphasize energy-restricted diets and increased physical activity -- and most are not effective over the ... Most weight-control strategies emphasise energy-restricted diets and increased physical ... Most weight-control strategies emphasize energy-restricted diets and increased physical ... | |
This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, resolves a ten-year mystery surrounding this ... ... solved? Sooty neutron star could lie at the heart of Cassiopeia A ... This discovery resolves a ten-year mystery surrounding this object ... | |
... (PMH) have confirmed that patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer ("tonsil cancer") harbour a common type of human papilloma virus (HPV16), but also that such cancers are very sensitive to radiation ... For some patients, this may mean successful treatment with radiation alone and avoiding the side effects of chemotherapy ... For some patients, this may mean successful treatment with radiation alone and avoiding the side effects of chemotherapy ... | |
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have made an important discovery about why potassium builds up to dangerous levels in the bloodstream, a relatively common medical probl ... They have identified a new molecular pathway and a new class of molecules responsible for preventing potassium from being excreted normally through the kidney ... Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have made an important discovery about why potassium builds up to dangerous levels in the bloodstream, a relatively common medical problem that ... | |
Physicians say that option, radical stereotactic radiosurgery performed with CyberKnife, leads to a 100 percent overall survival after threeyears in patients with good lung function before treatment ... Physicians say that option, radical stereotactic radiosurgery performed with CyberKnife, leads to a 100 percent overall survival after three years in patients with good lung function before treatment ... Physicians say that option, radical stereotactic radiosurgery performed with CyberKnife, leads to a 100 percent overall survival after three years in patients with good lung function before treatment ... | |
... right to disagree publicly with policiesSenior scientists are calling on the government to sign up to a new set of guidelines ... would guarantee that scientific advice remains free from political interference following the sacking of its chief drugs adviser David Nutt ... In situations where the independence of a [science advisory council] chairman or member is or might be threatened for ... be offered by the DCSA [departmental chief scientific adviser] and/or the GCSA [government's chief scientific adviser]" ... In its report, the committee said scientists should not be criticised for publishing scientific papers or making ... as professionals, independent of their role as government advisers, and that "it is important to safeguard the independence of the ... | |
... at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital at the 51st ASTRO Annual Meeting ... ... clinical trial led by UT Southwestern Medical Center physicians ... The study is examining the utility of three-dimensional thermal tomography in radiation oncology ... | |
