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Using Ground-penetrating Radar To Observe Hidden Underground Water Processes
March 26, 2008 — To meet the needs of a growing population and to provide it with a higher quality of life, increasing pressures are being placed on the environment through the development of agriculture, industry, ... > full story -
Seeing May Be Believing -- But Is It The Same As Looking?
March 26, 2008 — If you see something, it's because you're looking at it, right? A recent study has established that while people do tend to notice objects within their gaze, it is the assumptions they make about ... > full story -
Planet in Progress? Evidence Of A Huge Planet Forming In Star System
March 26, 2008 — Astrophysicists have a new window into the formation of planets. Astronomers have imaged a structure within the disk of material coalescing from the gas and dust cloud surrounding a well-studied ... > full story -
Exposure To Low Levels Of Radon Appears To Reduce The Risk Of Lung Cancer, New Study Finds
March 26, 2008 — Exposure to levels of radon gas typically found in 90 percent of American homes appears to reduce the risk of developing lung cancer by as much as 60 percent, according to a new study. The finding ... > full story -
Bear Spray A Viable Alternative To Guns For Deterring Bears, Study Shows
March 26, 2008 — Concerned about hikers' and campers' persistent doubts that a small can of liquid pepper spray could stop half a ton of claws, muscle and teeth, biologists analyzed 20 years of bear pepper spray ... > full story -
Inhibition of Chemokine Receptor Activation May Improve Head and Neck Cancer Therapies, Study Suggests
March 26, 2008 — Squamous cell cancers of the head and neck that express a cell surface receptor, called CCR7, are less likely to respond to current therapies. Combining drugs that block this receptor with existing ... > full story -
Decoding Malaria's 'Post Code' System Provides A Potential Drug Target
March 26, 2008 — The code used by the malaria parasite to move essential proteins around inside its structure has been discovered. New results could allow the design of a drug which would confuse this communication ... > full story -
Anxiety Linked To Blood Clots: Fear That Freezes The Blood In Your Veins
March 26, 2008 — If you are "frightened stiff", not only does the intense fear seem to paralyze the body, it may even retard the blood flow. A study by medical scientists has shown that people with an acute anxiety ... > full story -
Space Tourism: Suborbital Vehicle Expected To Fly Within Two Years
March 26, 2008 — A small California aerospace company has just unveiled a new suborbital spaceship that will provide affordable front-seat rides to the edge of space for the millions of people who want to buy a ... > full story -
New Form Of Inherited Risk Of Cancer Identified
March 26, 2008 — Like the subtext of a novel, the human genome sequence harbors more information than appears just in its "letters" of A, C, T and G. Since DNA is a data-packed molecule passed from generation to ... > full story -
Discovery About Fertilization Points Way To Possible Malaria Vaccine
March 26, 2008 — International investigations of an organism that has been referred to in the past as "silly little green scum" have led to key insights into the basic mechanisms of reproduction. The findings may ... > full story -
Watchful Waiting May Be Proper Initial Treatment For Some HPV Infections, Study Suggests
March 26, 2008 — Watchful waiting may be an adequate initial treatment for many women infected with a carcinogenic type of human papillomavirus (HPV) if they have normal cervical cell cytology. Some types of HPV ... > full story
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