Science Blog

Monday th 13th of December 2010

New report provides women’s perspectives on medical male circumcision for HIV prevention - 18:00

Human networking theory gives picture of infectious disease spread - 18:00

Team of scientists predicts continued death of forests in southwestern US due to climate change - 18:00

Drought and rising temperatures weaken southwest forests - 18:00

Satellites pinpoint drivers of urban heat islands in the northeast - 17:00

Unlocking the secrets of a plant’s light sensitivity - 17:00

Killing drug-resistant melanoma requires combination therapy - 17:00

Satellite data provide a new way to monitor groundwater in agricultural regions - 17:00

UCLA bioengineers discover how particles self-assemble in flowing fluids - 17:00

Expert: Seven-year moratorium on Gulf oil drilling an unwise decision - 17:00

Strength training for seniors provides cognitive function, economic benefits: VCH-UBC study - 17:00

Scientist shows link between diet and onset of mental illness - 15:34

2009 H1N1 vaccine safe and induces robust immune response in people with asthma - 15:34

Early settlers rapidly transformed New Zealand forests with fire - 15:34

Study: Personal contacts at work help people better understand organ donation - 15:01

Mexican immigrants’ health declines as they assimilate to America - 15:00

U-M researchers discover way to block neurodegeneration in an adult form of Fragile X syndrome - 15:00

UCSF ‘fountain of youth’ pill could restore aging immune system - 15:00

We spend more time sick now than a decade ago - 15:00

When it comes to selecting a mate, the eyes have it: Queen’s University study - 15:00

Recovering from job loss: Most report few long-term psychological effects, study finds - 15:00

Study shows how flu infections may prevent asthma - 14:03

Study probes link between magnetism, superconductivity - 14:03

Research examines gender gaps in immigrant health - 14:03

Study: Osteoporosis drug reduces bone loss, tumor size in oral cancer - 14:03

Guidance on preventing unintentional injuries to children - 13:33

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: The health of health care depends on it - 13:33

Thoreau’s study of birds at Waldon Pond aids BU biologists in climate change research - 13:32

Britain at political crossroads - 13:32

‘Array of arrays’ coaxing secrets from unfelt seismic tremor events - 13:01

Rice researchers take molecule’s temperature - 13:00

CMU’s research finds large uncertainty in carbon footprint calculating - 12:31

Decline of West Coast fog brought higher coastal temperatures last 60 years - 12:31

A new mechanism for reversible proteasome inhibition - 12:00

Unlawful killing of newborns soon after birth 5 times higher than thought - 12:00

How cells export and embed proteins in the membrane - 12:00

Jellyfish counterattack in winter - 12:00

Children who don’t like fruit and vegetables are 13 times more likely to be constipated - 12:00

Oldest fossils found in Cordillera Betica mountain range - 12:00

Widespread vitamin D deficiency a concern in Asia - 12:00

Earthshaking possibilities may limit underground storage of carbon dioxide - 11:30

Choose a movie’s plot — while you watch it - 11:30

Biological diversity of ovarian cancer lessens value of screening - 03:21

Ovarian cancer screening saves few lives - 03:21

How Iapetus got its ridge - 03:21

Apartment-dwelling children in nonsmoking units still exposed - 03:21

UCR scientists identify pomegranate juice components that could stop cancer from spreading - 03:21

Humans helped vultures colonize the Canary Islands - 03:21

Protein offers new clue to cause and treatment for kidney disease - 03:21

MGH researchers develop faster method of engineering zinc-finger nucleases - 03:21