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New Evidence That Humans Make Aspirin's Active Principle -- Salicylic Acid
Scientists in the United
Kingdom are reporting new
evidence that humans can
make their own salicylic
acid (SA) -- the material
... > full story
Unique Skeletal Muscle Design Contributes To Spine Stability
The novel design of a deep
muscle along the spinal
column called the multifidus
muscle may in fact be key to
spinal support and a healthy
back, according to
... > full story
Primate Culture Is Just A Stone's Throw Away From Human Evolution, Study Finds
For 30 years, scientists
have been studying
stone-handling behavior in
several troops of Japanese
macaques to catch a unique
... > full story
Thomas Harriot: A Telescopic Astronomer Before Galileo
This year the world
celebrates the International
Year of Astronomy (IYA2009),
marking the 400th
anniversary of the first
drawings of celestial
... > full story
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Traditional Risk Assessment Tools Do Not Accurately Predict Coronary Heart Disease
January 16, 2009 — The Framingham and National Cholesterol Education Program tools do not accurately predict coronary heart disease, according to a new ... > full story -
Early Childhood Diet May Influence Future Health
January 15, 2009 — Surprising new research published in the Journal of Physiology, indicates a direct connection between an adult's propensity to put on weight and our early childhood ... > full story -
Few DNA Repair Genes Maintain Association With Cancer In Field Synopsis
January 15, 2009 — Variants of numerous DNA repair genes initially appeared to be statistically significantly associated with cancer risk in epidemiological studies. When the data from individual studies are pooled, ... > full story -
Structural Defects Introduced Into Carbon Nanotubes Could Lead The Way To Carbon Nanotube Circuits
January 15, 2009 — Structural defects introduced into carbon nanotubes could lead the way to carbon nanotube circuits, new research ... > full story -
Contrary To Earlier Predictions, Older Driver Fatal Crashes Trend Down
January 15, 2009 — Despite growing numbers on the road, fewer older drivers died in crashes and fewer were involved in fatal collisions during 1997-2006 than in years past, a new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ... > full story -
Midlife Coffee And Tea Drinking May Protect Against Late-life Dementia
January 15, 2009 — Midlife coffee drinking can decrease the risk of dementia/Alzheimer's disease later in life. The study found that coffee drinkers at midlife had lower risk for dementia and AD later in life compared ... > full story -
Why Bladder Cancer Is Deadlier For Some
January 15, 2009 — Bladder cancer is much more likely to be deadly for women and African-Americans, but the reasons long believed to explain the phenomenon account for only part of the differences for such patients ... > full story -
Physicists Resolve Confounding Paradox Of Quantum Theory
January 15, 2009 — University of Toronto quantum physicists Jeff Lundeen and Aephraim Steinberg have shown that Hardy's paradox, a proposal that has confounded physicists for over a decade, can be confirmed and ... > full story -
Expect More Speeding Tickets in Weak Economy
January 15, 2009 — When local revenue falls, traffic citations go up. Researchers have found statistical evidence that local governments use traffic citations to make up for revenue shortfalls. So as the economy tanks, ... > full story -
Medieval Walls In Spain Contain Bits Of Bone
January 15, 2009 — In a macabre discovery fit for Indiana Jones, archaeologists in Spain unearthed a 14th century brick oven with a unique role -- to bake bones. Scientists report that the animal bones were burnt in ... > full story
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