New research suggests that not everyone who is bitten by a malaria-infected mosquito develops life threatening health problems. Malaria causes an estimated 500 million clinical cases worldwide with symptoms ranging from headache, high fevers and nausea to more than 1 million deaths annually. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:00 pm
Two great obstacles to hydrogen-powered vehicles lie with fuel cells. Fuel cells, which like batteries produce electrical power through chemical reactions, have been plagued by their relatively low efficiency and high production costs. Scientists have tested a wide assortment of metals and materials to overcome the twin challenge. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:00 pm
Rising energy and environmental costs may prevent nuclear power from being a sustainable alternative energy source in the fight against global warming, according to a new study. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:00 pm
Boosted by the influence of a larger climate event in the Pacific, one of the strongest La Niñas in many years is slowly weakening but continues to blanket the Pacific Ocean near the equator, as shown by new sea-level height data collected by the U.S.-French Jason oceanographic satellite. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:00 pm
Stereotypes can boost as well as hinder our chances of success, according to psychologists. They argue that the power of stereotypes to affect our performance should not be underestimated. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:00 pm
Cancer treatment with chemotherapeutic agents is often associated with delayed adverse neurological consequences -- an occurrence often referred to as "chemobrain" -- that may compromise the quality of life of a proportion of cancer survivors. Now, new research demonstrates that treatment with a single chemotherapeutic agent, 5-fluorouracil, by itself is sufficient to cause a syndrome of delayed degeneration in the central nervous system. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:00 pm
Tigers held in captivity around the world -- including those in zoos, circuses and private homes -- may hold considerable conservation value for the rapidly dwindling wild populations around the world. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Apr 2008 | 3:00 pm
A new fundamental mechanism of how tumour cells communicate has just been discovered. These findings could change our view on how cancerous tissues work and lead to major clinical innovations. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Apr 2008 | 3:00 pm
Parkinson's disease is a degenerative disorder of the brain affecting movement, speech, mood, behavior, thinking and sensation for which there is no known cause or cure. Two new studies shed new light on very early development of the disease. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Apr 2008 | 3:00 pm
New drug research suggests that teens may get addicted and relapse more easily than adults because developing brains are more powerfully motivated by drug-related cues. This conclusion has been reached by researchers who found that adolescent rats given cocaine -- a powerfully addicting stimulant -- were more likely than adults to prefer the place where they got it. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 22 Apr 2008 | 3:00 pm
An early warning device could avert mistakes before the brain switches off, scientists say. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:17 am
The head of the UN World Food Programme says urgent action is needed to help the poor cope with soaring prices. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 11:09 am
Ian Sample describes the first ever implant of bionic eyes in two blind men at Moorfields hospital, connecting a video camera on glasses to the eye. Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:29 am
Small changes to lifestyles are not going to be enough to tackle the challenges facing the planet. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:13 am
STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - Only the cool composure of her crewmates calmed South Korea's first astronaut when she saw flames swirling around their capsule during an unusually steep descent to Earth, she said on Monday.
The prime minister has called for 'coordinated' international action to deal with a 'world food crisis' Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:31 am
A common cancer drug may cause brain damage for years after the treatment ends, research suggests. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:05 am
Scientists find a better way to predict which breast cancers are likely to spread through the body Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:07 pm
A medical research lab is planned for the heart of London. Is it safe to house a facility dealing with deadly diseases in a large urban population? Natasha Gilbert reports Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:03 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Talks between Indonesia and the United States over the future of a U.S. naval medical lab have become entangled in an international dispute over how to share crucial bird flu samples, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said on Monday.
E.ON and University of Nottingham build replica 1930s house to test technologies aimed at improving energy performance of Britain's ageing housing stock Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 21 Apr 2008 | 4:23 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers creating a map of human metabolism around the world have found compounds in urine that point to some surprising differences affecting blood pressure, based not on genes but on what people eat and their gut bacteria.
A 'bionic eye' may hold the key to returning sight to blind people affected by a hereditary disease. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 3:34 pm
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will complete a new research station in the interior of Antarctica next year, state media said on Sunday, expanding its presence on the continent.
A successful attempt to quit smoking may depend on where women are in their monthly cycle, say scientists. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:57 pm
An ambitious plan to drill into a Japanese earthquake zone yields its first results, generating 3D fault images. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:47 pm
Proposals to build one of Europe's biggest onshore wind farms are turned down by the Scottish Government. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:14 pm
The UN grants Australia an extension of its continental shelf, giving it new areas to explore for oil and gas. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:47 am
