Browse News Stories
71 to 80 of 1,074 stories
view headlines only
-
Updated Tool Now Available to Predict Prostate Cancer Spread
January 3, 2013 Prostate cancer experts have developed an updated version of the Partin Tables, a tool to help men diagnosed with prostate cancer and their doctors to better assess their chance of a surgical ... > full story -
Tool to Evaluate Genome Sequencing Method Developed
January 2, 2013 Advances in bio-technologies and computer software have helped make genome sequencing much more common than in the past. But still in question are both the accuracy of different sequencing methods ... > full story -
Disease Burden Links Ecology to Economic Growth
December 27, 2012 A new study finds that vector-borne and parasitic diseases have substantial effects on economic development across the globe, and are major drivers of differences in income between tropical and ... > full story -
Powerful New Tool Is Quantum Analog of Phase Space Flow
December 26, 2012 Physicists have found that a new powerful tool they call 'Wigner flow' is the quantum analog of phase space flow. Wigner flow provides information for quantum dynamics similar to that gleaned from ... > full story -
How Songbirds Learn to Sing: Mathematical Model Explains How Birds Correct Mistakes to Stay on Key
December 20, 2012 Scientists studying how songbirds stay on key have developed a statistical explanation for why some things are harder for the brain to learn than others, building the first mathematical model that ... > full story -
New App Provides Solution When Researching Animal Behaviour
December 20, 2012 A primatologist has developed an app that allows accurate logging of animal behaviour for scientific ... > full story -
Scientists Construct First Detailed Map of How the Brain Organizes Everything We See
December 19, 2012 Our eyes may be our window to the world, but how do we make sense of the thousands of images that flood our retinas each day? Scientists have found that the brain is wired to put in order all the ... > full storyMore: -
Ability to Sit and Rise from the Floor Is Closely Correlated With All-Cause Mortality Risk
December 13, 2012 A simple screening test of musculo-skeletal fitness has proved remarkably predictive of all-cause mortality in a study of more than 2000 middle-aged and older men and ... > full story -
12 Matter Particles Suffice in Nature: Limited Number of Fermions in Standard Model, Physicists Say
December 13, 2012 How many matter particles exist in nature? Particle physicists have been dealing with this question for a long time. The 12 matter particles contained in the standard model of particle physics? Or ... > full story -
Binge Eating, Overeating May Be Associated With Initiating Use of Marijuana, Other Drugs
December 10, 2012 Overeating and binge eating may be associated with initiating use of marijuana and other drugs in a study of adolescents and young ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 137,306

