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Architecture & Construction

Fraunhofer institutes demonstrate tomorrow's architectural design tools

Participants will meet some of today's leading architects to discuss ongoing developments, they can explore 3D models of some ancient buildings and a few still…

Health & Medicine

New Strategy Targets Deadly Bacterial Sepsis Effectively

Even the best hospital intensive care units may be helpless to save patients stricken by severe sepsis. According to a 2003 study by Emory University and the…

Health & Medicine

Walnuts: Your Heart’s Ally Against High-Fat Meal Damage

If you've been going a little nuts trying to eat a healthier diet, you just might be on the right track.New research shows that consuming a handful of raw…

Health & Medicine

LIAI’s Breakthrough in Chronic Virus Infection Treatment

A major finding that could lead to a new approach for treating hepatitis C and other chronic virus infections was announced today by researchers at the La…

Life & Chemistry

Archerfish Refine Hunting Skills By Tuning Water Shots

These water shots were once thought to be all-or-none in quality, but researchers have now discovered new levels of sophistication in the archerfish's hunting…

Health & Medicine

Lip Augmentation: Choosing Safe Fillers for Youthful Lips

Lip augmentation is not just for women who want larger, sexier lips. As people age, their lips lose fullness which makes them appear older. While injectable…

Life & Chemistry

Evolutionary First: Parasite Reaches Beyond Host to Play Havoc with Others' Sex Lives

Five years ago, University of Rochester scientists linked the bacterial parasite, Wolbachia, to the separation of a single wasp species into two distinct…

Studies and Analyses

Everybody dance: The energy you use won't shorten your life

However, the longitudinal study leaves open a newer form of the theory — that antioxidants help prolong life by limiting the damage that oxidative stress can…

Materials Sciences

Carnegie Mellon scientists use 'green' approach to transform plastics manufacturing

Using environmentally safe compounds like sugars and vitamin C, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have vastly improved a popular technology used to…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights: Brain Compensates for Flickering Gaze

Not only does the brain find a way to compensate for our constantly flickering gaze, but researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have found…

Studies and Analyses

Breast Cancer Lumpectomy: One-Third Unhappy With Results

Women with breast cancer often undergo a lumpectomy and radiation to save their breasts and avoid the need for additional reconstructive surgery. However,…

Life & Chemistry

Top 10 Aussie Scientists Forecast Major Medical Advances

'Then, Now…Imagine', a new report compiled by Research Australia in consultation with 10 of the country's leading health and medical researchers including two…

Health & Medicine

High Blood Pressure In Kids Linked To Sleep Breathing Issues

Children with high blood pressure may be at risk for sleep breathing disorders, according to a small study reported at the American Heart Association's 60th…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Galaxy Gardening: Growing Food for Moon and Mars Residents

Lush lettuce is growing by galactic measure in cylinders designed by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers to mimic conditions on the moon and…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Unlocking Carrot Potential: Boosting Phytochemicals Naturally

A major stress in a carrot's life – like the slash of a kitchen knife – and the tapered tuber kicks in the juice and pumps up its phytochemicals. That's the…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Texas Researchers Tackle Algae Issues in Lake Whitney

A team of Texas Agricultural Experiment Station fishery scientists this week took water samples from Lake Whitney for a new round of experiments. They are…

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