Science Blog

Monday th 13th of December 2010

Stem cells turned into complex, functioning intestinal tissue in lab - 03:21

Demise of large satellite may have led to the formation of Saturn’s rings and inner moons - 03:21

Sunday th 12th of December 2010

Review of The Evolutionary World by Geerat Vermeij - 21:00

Friday th 10th of December 2010

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s 2010 AGU tip sheet - 17:30

News tips from the Quarterly Review of Biology - 17:30

Sign languages help us understand the nature of metaphors - 16:31

Poor breast cancer prognosis associated with presence of circulating tumor, cancer stem cells - 15:30

UVic biomedical engineer ‘outsmarts’ HIV - 15:00

A few steps could lead to big gains for hospitalized seniors - 14:00

Researchers establish new rule to predict risk of stroke, death from surgery that prevents it - 14:00

Directed self-assembly of vertical nanotubes for biosensors, logic, nano-biofuel cells - 14:00

Simple fingertip test may identify breast cancer patients at risk for carpal tunnel syndrome - 13:30

Trio of drugs may combat ‘triple negative’ breast cancer - 13:30

New research reveals details of microbe’s extraordinary maintenance and repair system - 13:30

Pitt study finds ‘green’ water treatments may not kill bacteria in large building cooling systems - 13:00

Drugs are safe, active in patients normally ineligible for clinical trial - 12:01

EARTH: Trade imbalance, America exports emissions to China - 12:01

Twin study helps scientists link relationship among ADHD, reading, math - 12:01

Iron legacy leaves soil high in manganese - 12:01

Beyond bars - 11:01

Wind and water have shaped Schiaparelli on Mars - 11:01

Boxing — bad for the brain - 11:01

Pertuzumab and trastuzumab combination improved efficacy for women with HER2-positive breast cancer - 11:01

Phase III study compared neoadjuvant therapy with lapatinib or trastuzumab for early breast cancer - 11:01

Combination therapy reduced HER2-positive breast cancers - 11:01

First kidney paired donor transplants performed - 11:01

Assessing the seismic hazard of the central eastern United States - 10:31

The Third International BHD Symposium … and us! - 07:07

New way found of monitoring volcanic ash cloud - 01:10

Lowering the drinking age is unlikely to curb college binge drinking - 01:10

Thursday th 9th of December 2010

Gene that causes some cases of familial ALS discovered - 17:40

On…off…on…off… The circuitry of insulin-releasing cells - 17:40

There’s a new ‘officer’ in the infection control army - 17:40

Buprenorphine is better than methadone for opioid dependence in pregnant women, study shows - 17:40

Hospital shootings rare, but rate of other assults high, Johns Hopkins researchers find - 17:40

Official food allergy treatment guidelines released - 17:40

Researcher develops accurate method for detecting dangerous fluoride - 17:40

Supercomputing research opens doors for drug discovery - 17:40

Industry collaboration enhances academic science, sociologist finds - 17:40

Knotty Issue: Drafting Climate Change Policy in the face of scientific uncertainty - 16:50

Bering Sea chill yields fatter plankton, pollock diet changes - 15:50

Fahrenheit -459: Neutron stars and string theory in a lab - 15:50

World’s smallest battery created at CINT nanotechnology center - 15:50

Researchers discover how natural drug fights inflammation - 15:50

Immune system changes linked to inflammatory bowel disease revealed - 15:50

Medicine: Alzheimer’s and heart attacks share the same genes - 15:20

Blood-thinning treatment standards changing for heart patients, new research shows - 15:20

Ice-age reptile extinctions provide a glimpse of likely responses to human-caused climate change - 15:20

ACP commends Congress for preserving patient access by stopping scheduled Medicare SGR cuts - 15:20

National team of scientists peers into the future of stem cell biology - 14:50