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Simple diagnosis of anaemia and malaria
Research funded by NWO has shown that African mothers greatly over-report fever in their children. As a result the children are given anti-malaria drugs too often. African households seldom possess a thermometer. Another outcome of the study is that it opens up the possibility of detecting anaemia... view more (2001-10-08)

Study links faulty DNA repair to Huntington's disease onset
Huntington's disease, an inherited neurodegenerative disorder that affects roughly 30,000 Americans, is incurable and fatal.   view more (2007-04-23)

54 per cent of air passengers experience significant reductions in oxygen levels
More than half of air travellers find that their oxygen saturation drops to a level at which many hospital patients would be prescribed extra oxygen, according to a paper in the May issue of Anaesthesia.   view more (2005-04-25)

For hurricanes, storms, raindrop size makes all the difference
When Tropical Storm Gaston hit Richmond, Va., in August 2004, its notable abundance of small and mid-sized raindrops created torrential rains that led to unexpected flash flooding throughout the city and its suburbs. New research from NASA has concluded that tropical cyclones like Gaston produce... view more (2008-06-10)

New study finds dairy is not associated with weight gain
Calcium intake was not associated with weight gain in men over a 12-year period, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition1.   view more (2006-03-09)

Insane? - Better Go to the Local Witch Doctor
Despite the competition from Western medicine, traditional medicine is still much in demand in Africa. That is the result of a study currently being undertaken in Tanzania by the Ethnomedicine Workshop at the University of Bonn's Institute for the History of Medicine. Particularly for ailments... view more (2002-04-11)

The Shifty Nature of Grains
In separate papers appearing in this week's Nature, researchers announce findings regarding the little-understood world of granular materials, systems of particles that can dictate the flow of avalanches, the quality of concrete and even the mixing of pharmaceuticals.   view more (2005-06-24)

Landmark Carnegie Mellon Addiction Study Finds People Underestimate Power of Drug Cravings
A novel experiment conducted by Carnegie Mellon University Professor George Loewenstein and colleagues may explain why people try a drug, such as heroin, for the first time despite ample evidence that it is addictive.   view more (2007-02-13)

Oregon physicists don't flip spin but find possible electron switch
University of Oregon researchers trying to flip the spin of electrons with laser bursts lasting picoseconds (a trillionth of a second) instead found a way to manipulate and control the spin -- knowledge that may prove useful in a variety of new materials and technologies.   view more (2008-05-28)

Risks of gastrointestinal ulcers linked to aspirin use might outweigh its benefits for the heart
Doctors should consider whether patients are at high risk of stomach ulcers before prescribing aspirin treatment.   view more (2006-09-20)

Scientists Draw Inspiration From Art And Psychology
An imaginative research project will draw together neurobiologists, engineers, geographers and computer scientists, to develop new tools to visualize complex scientific data and the physical phenomena they measure. The team from the United States of America and the University of Edinburgh will also... view more (2002-09-04)

Loss of a universal tRNA feature reported
Scientists at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) report in the Journal of Bacteriology that two alphaproteobacteria lack the universal extra guanylate nucleotide typically found in the transfer RNA molecule tRNAHis. tRNAs are the molecules responsible for decoding sequence information... view more (2007-02-08)

The Cult Of Mediocrity
In the opening editorial of the January 2005 issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, the Editor, Giovanni A. Fava, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Bologna, comments on the increasing popularity of mediocrity, which has reached the dimension of a cult. In Europe, the special... view more (2005-01-11)

Why Patients Request Euthanasia or Physician-assisted Suicide (pp 344, 362)
A qualitative study in this week's issue of THE LANCET provides a new insight into why patients request euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide. Results of the study have implications for both clinicians and policymakers in the controversial issue of end-of-life care.    The... view more (2001-08-01)

Gene dose affects tumor growth
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and Ohio State University have found that the number of copies of a particular gene can affect the severity of colon cancer in a mouse model.   view more (2008-01-04)

Family ties that bind: Maternal grandparents are more involved in the lives of their grandchildren
As families gather round for the winter holidays, some faces may be more familiar than others. A recent study shows that the amount of social interaction between extended family members depends on whether people are related through their mother or father.   view more (2007-12-19)

Chancellor has the opportunity to deliver for science
SBS today welcomed the Chancellor of the Exchequer`s unequivocal statement that the science base will receive extra investment in next month`s spending review.   view more (2002-06-10)

Hold your breath; Plants may absorb less carbon dioxide than we thought
The world's land plants will probably not be able to absorb as great a share of the rising atmospheric carbon dioxide as some models have predicted.   view more (2006-04-13)

Is Chernobyl to blame for hundreds of baby deaths?
EMBARGOED UNTIL WEDNESDAY 26 JUNE 2002 19:00 BRITISH TIME UK CONTACT - Claire Bowles, New Scientist Press Office, London: Tel: +44(0)20 7331 2751 or email claire.bowles@rbi.co.uk FALLOUT from the accident at Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Ukraine may have led to hundreds of deaths and... view more (2002-06-26)

Double trouble: Cells with duplicate genomes can trigger tumors
Abnormal cell division that yields cells with an extra set of chromosomes can initiate the development of tumors in mice, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have shown, validating a controversial theory about cancer causation put forth by a scientific visionary nearly 100 years ago.   view more (2005-10-13)

Unique new scoring system can predict risk of death from cardiovascular disease
A unique new scoring system for assessing a patient's risk of death from cardiovascular disease is revealed in this week's BMJ. The score will help physicians determine a patient's need for drugs to reduce blood pressure (antihypertensive drugs) and other strategies for improving cardiovascular... view more (2001-07-11)

First Swedish astronaut to fly to International Space Station in 2003
European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang will fly on a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station in spring 2003. During that flight, he will conduct three Extra Vehicular Activities (EVAs) or `spacewalks` to attach new hardware to the Space Station. He will become the first... view more (2002-02-27)

Agricultural Scientists Introduce An Ethical Dimension Into Sustainable Development
The main focus of agricultural research has shifted from production to assessing environmental impact and the quality of the whole production chain. The Nordic agricultural researchers who continued their meeting in Turku, Finland, on Thursday July 4 underlined the important contribution that... view more (2003-07-03)

Dissertation on radical rightist populism in France
In the last two decades, a new family of parties has emerged in western European politics, radical rightist populism. Radical rightist populist parties have grown and scored substantial successes in France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, and Austria. These parties promulgate a... view more (2002-04-24)

Tropical rainforest nutrients linked to global carbon dioxide levels
Extra amounts of key nutrients in tropical rain forest soils cause them to release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to research conducted by scientists at the University of Colorado (CU)—Boulder.   view more (2006-06-21)
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