New method to overcome multiple drug resistant diseases developed by Stanford researchers August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Many drugs once considered Charles Atlases of the pharmaceutical realm have been reduced to the therapeutic equivalent of 97-pound weaklings as the diseases they once dispatched with ease have developed resistance to them. | |
 Scientists Discover New Bird Species August 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Scientists at the Smithsonian Institution have discovered a new species of bird in Gabon, Africa, that was, until now, unknown to the scientific community. Their findings were published in the international ... | |
 Cassini Pinpoints Source of Jets on Saturn's Moon Enceladus August 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a feat of interplanetary sharpshooting, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has pinpointed precisely where the icy jets erupt from the surface of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus. | |
Climate change may boost Middle East rainfall August 13, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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The prospect of climate change sparking food and water shortages in the Middle East is less likely than previously thought, with new research by an Australian climate scientist suggesting that rainfall will be significantly ... | |
 Large Hadron Collider set to unveil a new world of particle physics 15 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The field of particle physics is poised to enter unknown territory with the startup of a massive new accelerator--the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)--in Europe this summer. On September 10, LHC ... | |
 Nothing stops an expert in the art of living August 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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There are few things more irritating than a fly buzzing around the house. South African's have an unconventional solution to the problem. They hang up a bunch of Roridula gorgonias leaves. Attracted to the ... | |
Microsoft file format approved as ISO standard August 16, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(AP) -- The format used by Microsoft Corp.'s Office 2007 programs to save documents will become an international standard after appeals against the move failed to gather sufficient support, the International Organization ... | |
Study finds that sleep selectively preserves emotional memories August 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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As poets, songwriters and authors have described, our memories range from misty water-colored recollections to vividly detailed images of the times of our lives. | |
 Clemson scientists put a (nano) spring in their step August 13, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Electronic devices get smaller and more complex every year. It turns out that fragility is the price for miniaturization, especially when it comes to small devices, such as cell phones, hitting the floor. ... | |
 The M2-F1: 'Look Ma! No Wings!' 16 hours ago | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The planned retirement of the space shuttle fleet in 2010 will bring to a close an era that opened in the Antelope Valley nearly a half century ago. | |
 Wikipedia founder aims to break Google stranglehold August 14, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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Watch out Google -- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales hopes that Wikia Search, a project he spearheads, will break Google's domination as the world's most widely used Internet search engine. | |
Gel undergoes Peristalsis August 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Large or small, machine parts only move when controlled by an external impulse. Biological systems, on the other hand, are capable of autonomous movements that continuously follow their own rhythms and spatial ... | |
Biracial Asian Americans and mental health August 17, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A new study of Chinese-Caucasian, Filipino-Caucasian, Japanese-Caucasian and Vietnamese-Caucasian individuals concludes that biracial Asian Americans are twice as likely as monoracial Asian Americans to be diagnosed with ... | |
'Don't Worry Be Happy': happiness is key to longer life August 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Keep humming "Don't Worry Be Happy". The 1980s New Age-inspired hit got it right. New research shows being happy can add several years to life. | |
Analog TV shutdown kills free cell-phone TV August 18, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Picture whipping out your cell phone and catching up with "Lost" or "Jeopardy," or watching the local 11 o'clock news, all for free. You can do this with an imported Chinese phone, but you can't with any phone sold ... | |
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