Science Centric

Tuesday the 24th of November 2009

Children unaffected by smoking ban consequences - 07:00

Research reveals exactly how coughing is triggered by environmental irritants - 07:00

Road rage - 06:28

Scientists watch as peptides control crystal growth with 'switches, throttles and brakes' - 06:28

Flaxseed oil and osteoporosis - 06:28

The cause behind the characteristic shape of a long leaf revealed - 06:28

Team-based care involving a pharmacist improves blood pressure control - 06:28

Why not mashed paper towels on the Thanksgiving menu? - 06:28

Amid the flu epidemic, don't forget RSV in young children - 06:28

Factors from common human bacteria may trigger multiple sclerosis - 05:56

Moderate-to-heavy exercise may reduce risk of stroke for men - 05:56

Achieving asthma control in preschoolers - 05:56

Monday the 23rd of November 2009

Exposure to lead, tobacco smoke raises risk of ADHD - 03:14

Is global warming unstoppable? - 03:14

New understanding about mechanism for cell death after stroke leads to possible therapy - 03:14

New hydrogen-storage method discovered - 03:14

Gene mismatch influences success of bone marrow transplants - 03:14

Bioengineers succeed in producing plastic without the use of fossil fuels - 02:42

Surface bacteria maintain skin's healthy balance - 02:42

Researchers track down protein responsible for chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps - 02:42

Saturday the 21st of November 2009

Schizophrenia gene's role may be broader, more potent, than thought - 09:00

Cognitive dysfunction reversed in mouse model of Down syndrome - 09:00

Carvedilol shown to have unique characteristics among beta blockers - 09:00

Study raises concerns about outdoor second-hand smoke - 09:00

Dispensing prescription drugs in 3-month supplies reduces drug costs by a third - 09:00

Biologists discover bacterial defence mechanism against aggressive oxygen - 09:00

Like humans, ants use bacteria to make their gardens grow - 09:00

After mastodons and mammoths, a transformed landscape - 09:00

Smartphone app illuminates power consumption - 09:00

Technique finds gene regulatory sites without knowledge of regulators - 09:00

Patient's weight not linked to success of fibroid surgery - 08:28

New findings suggest strategy to help generate HIV-neutralising antibodies - 08:28

MIT: Better way to harness waste heat - 08:28

On the crest of wave energy - 08:28

Beyond genomics, biologists and engineers decode the next frontier - 08:28

Barn personnel experience higher-than-average rates of respiratory symptoms - 08:28

Smithsonian scientists find the frog legs trade may facilitate spread of pathogens - 08:28

UAB researchers discover antibody receptor identity, propose renaming immune-system gene - 08:28

Palaeontologists find extinction rates higher in open-ocean settings during mass extinctions - 08:28

UCLA researchers create 'fly paper' to capture circulating cancer cells - 08:28

Nanotube defects equal better energy and storage systems - 07:56

Bone implant offers hope for skull deformities - 07:56

Why Israeli rodents are more cautious than Jordanian ones - 07:56

Engineer designs micro-endoscope to seek out early signs of cancer - 07:56

Common pain relief medication may encourage cancer growth - 07:56

Reflux oesophagitis due to immune reaction, not acute acid burn - 07:56

Causative gene of a rare disorder discovered by sequencing only protein-coding regions of genome - 07:56

Saving the single cysteine: New antioxidant system found - 07:56

An atomic-level look at an HIV accomplice - 07:56

ESC to give talks on diabetes in 3 cities in China - 07:56