A breakthrough barrier technology that protects sensitive devices such as organic light emitting diodes and solar cells from moisture 1000 times more effectively than any existing technology has been invented by Singapore researchers. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 1 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Is medicated memory manipulation ethically sound? And perhaps more importantly, who should be charged with the decision to deliver such a treatment: patient or physician? A philosophy professor, is seeking answers to these questions in her new research. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 1 May 2008 | 12:00 am
A new life-detecting instrument is preparing for a mission to the Red Planet. The Urey: Mars Organic and Oxidant Detector instrument, developed by a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, received approximately $2 million in NASA funding to further refine the design and technology for the European Space Agency's (ESA) 2013 ExoMars Rover Mission. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 1 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Soil "unearthed" at the nanoscale: Soil scientists have seen -- for the first time -- seen soil at a scale of 50 nanometers. This view provided a beautiful glimpse of patterns, how carbon sequestration works, and what happens when soils get wet, warm and cool. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 1 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Aspirin-like compounds can claim another health benefit: increasing the amount of insulin produced by otherwise healthy obese people. Obesity is associated with insulin resistance, the first step toward type 2 diabetes. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 1 May 2008 | 12:00 am
A drug for the treatment of diabetic eye disease has performed better in clinical trials than the current standard treatment using laser surgery. "These are very encouraging results, showing that drugs we have been testing in human clinical trials can be effective in slowing or stopping the effects of eye disease brought on by diabetes," said one of the scientists. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 1 May 2008 | 12:00 am
Men exposed to organochlorine pesticide metabolites, such as DDE, had an increased risk of testicular germ cell tumors. Previous research suggested that persistent exposure to organochlorine pesticides may increase the risk for some types of testicular cancer, but that observation had not been replicated in an independent data set. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 30 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
Patients in therapy to overcome addictions have a new arena to test their coping skills -- the virtual world. A new study found that a virtual reality environment can provide the climate necessary to spark an alcohol craving so that patients can practice how to say "no" in a realistic and safe setting. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 30 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
Recent additions to the premier collection of Southern Ocean sediment cores at Florida State University's Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility will give international scientists a close-up look at fluctuations that occurred in Antarctica's ice sheet and marine and terrestrial life as the climate cooled considerably between 20 and 14 million years ago. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 30 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
A combination of two targeted drugs--one that blocks protein breakdown and one that activates the programmed cell death pathway--reduces the number of tumor metastases in mouse models of kidney and breast cancer. The combination also prolonged overall survival in mice with kidney cancer. Bortezomib blocks the activity of the proteasome, an enzyme complex which degrades misfolded or unwanted proteins. Bortezomib has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of multiple myeloma, but its activity against solid tumors is still being tested. Source: ScienceDaily: Latest Science News | 30 Apr 2008 | 9:00 pm
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A colossal squid caught from deep Antarctic waters was defrosted on Wednesday by New Zealand scientists keen to discover more about the little-known giant predator.
A spacecraft for Europe's Galileo sat-nav system is "in good health" despite a glitch shortly after launch. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 30 Apr 2008 | 12:14 pm
Dr Albert Hoffman, who discovered psychedelic drug which 'turned on' the 1960s counterculture, dies after heart attack Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 30 Apr 2008 | 11:31 am
West African leaders are meeting to discuss an $8bn plan to stop the River Niger drying up. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 30 Apr 2008 | 10:56 am
Forensic anthropologist Sue Black tells Julie Bindel about the many secrets revealed by our skeletons and why 95% of her students are female Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 30 Apr 2008 | 10:34 am
ZURICH (Reuters) - Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, has died aged 102, the organization that republished his book on the mind-altering substance said.
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's first astronaut said she and her fellow crew were rescued by startled nomads after their space capsule thudded far off course into the remote steppes of Central Asia earlier this month.
The world's largest squid possesses the biggest animal eye, say scientists dissecting a rare specimen. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 30 Apr 2008 | 9:45 am
Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, dies at the age of 102. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 30 Apr 2008 | 8:48 am
The successful rescue of one of Britain's most endangered birds is extending into new areas. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 30 Apr 2008 | 8:27 am
A specific protein in the body may be the key to overcoming the increasing problem of resistance to HIV drugs, researchers say. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 30 Apr 2008 | 6:21 am
An MPs' review concludes the UK looks like an "incompetent" partner for international science projects. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 30 Apr 2008 | 1:15 am
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Drinking alcohol dulls the brain's ability to detect threats, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday in a study that helps explain why people who are drunk cannot tell when the guy at the end of the bar is angling for a fight.
It may be relatively clean compared with other fossil fuels, but natural gas still produces greenhouse gases and is far from sustainable Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:01 pm
Food Standards Agency says there is no danger to infants although survey shows high levels in some foods Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:01 pm
It takes millions of years to create and seconds to burn - so why do we continue to use oil when it will soon run out, asks Duncan Graham-Rowe Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:01 pm
Is nuclear power the answer to the energy crisis? Ian Sample explains how it works - and how we get the awful side-effects of bombs and waste Source: guardian.co.uk Science | 29 Apr 2008 | 11:01 pm
The UN's Ban Ki-moon announces a new task force will tackle the crisis triggered by soaring global food prices. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 29 Apr 2008 | 7:38 pm
A federal judge tells the US government to decide within weeks whether to list the polar bear as endangered. Source: BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition | 29 Apr 2008 | 5:37 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - Researchers looking for genes that raise the risk of osteoporosis found seven different sequences associated with the bone-thinning disease, and one team found two that might predict the risk for 20 percent of people.
OSLO (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered a legless lizard, a toad and a dwarf woodpecker among 14 species believed to be new to science in central Brazil, a wildlife conservation group said on Tuesday.
