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Three-dimensional, miniature endoscope opens new diagnostic possibilities
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have developed a new type of miniature endoscope that produces three-dimensional, high-definition images, which may greatly expand the application of minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.   view more (2006-10-19)

Calculating penguins find the right mates
French scientists have discovered that king penguins have an innate mathematical ability which helps them find their mates among a crowd of tens of thousands of other penguins.   view more (1999-08-20)

Negative body image: New treatment study
Therapies for those with a significant negative body image, which affects an individual's capacity to form close and affectionate friendships and relationships and may be associated with depression, low self-esteem, anxiety and fear.   view more (2005-11-01)

Unusual ultrasonic vocalization patterns in mice may be useful for modeling autism
Scientists have found novel patterns of ultrasonic vocalizations in a genetic mouse model of autism, adding a unique element to the available mouse behaviors that capture components of the human disease, and representing a new step towards identifying causes and better treatments.   view more (2008-08-27)

Low literacy equals early death sentence
Not being able to read doesn't just make it harder to navigate each day. Low literacy impairs people's ability to obtain critical information about their health and can dramatically shorten their lives.   view more (2007-07-24)

Forsyth scientists gain new understanding of adult stem cell regulation
Forsyth Institute scientists have discovered an important mechanism for controlling the behavior of adult stem cells. Research with the flatworm, planaria, found a novel role for the proteins involved in cell-to-cell communication.   view more (2007-08-01)

Life sciences and the media: a troublesome couple bound to get along
The relationship between science and the media is not always easy. Scientists complain that the press oversimplifies complex issues and sometimes writes about scientific matters with distrust and fear. Journalists point their finger to researchers' alleged lack of communication skills and will. To... view more (2002-07-11)

The embodied self: Using virtual reality to study the foundations of bodily self-consciousness
A group of neuroscientists and a philosopher have devised a series of novel experiments using virtual reality that could shed light on decades of clinical data pointing to cognitive and perceptual mechanisms involved in humans' concept of self.   view more (2007-08-24)

From biological imaging to Sudoku solutions
Cornell physicist Veit Elser has been engrossed recently in resolving a pivotal question in biological imaging. So he hasn't had much time for brainteasers and number games.   view more (2006-03-06)

Seeing Alzheimer's amyloids
In an important step toward demystifying the role protein clumps play in the development of neurodegenerative disease, researchers have created a stunning three-dimensional picture of an Alzheimer's peptide aggregate using electron microscopy.   view more (2008-05-13)

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is back in business
Just a couple of days after the orbiting observatory was brought back online, Hubble aimed its prime working camera, the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), at a particularly intriguing target, a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147.   view more (2008-10-31)

International Council for Science launches an Agenda for Action - 'Science in the Information Society' - and invites governments to endorse it during the World Summit on the Information Society (Geneva, December 2003)
Following a meeting of leading scientists from around the world and representatives of international organisations in March this year, an agenda for action - Science in the Information Society - has now been released by the International Council for Science. The formal documents for the World... view more (2003-07-10)

Bad communication skills blamed on television
Research conducted by Dr Rosemary Sage, of the University of Leicester School of Education, reveals that the city's children are growing up with poor communication skills, because they are spending too much time watching television so learning to process messages visually rather than verbally.... view more (2003-03-10)

Unmet Need Common Among Patients with Advanced Illness
There is often a lack of adequate communication between health care providers and those facing terminal conditions, according to a series of articles in the latest issue of The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences (Vol. 63, No. 3).    view more (2008-10-07)

Researchers close in on origins of main ingredient of Alzheimer's plaques
The ability of brain cells to take in substances from their surface is essential to the production of a key ingredient in Alzheimer's brain plaques, neuroscientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have learned.   view more (2008-04-10)

Mapping the cosmic web of dark matter
What is Dark Matter and where is it found? These are two of the major mysteries in current studies of the Universe. Although the nature of this invisible material remains elusive, astronomers are beginning to produce detailed maps of the Cosmos, showing its location in relation to the ordinary... view more (2002-04-03)

Hand Can't Be Fooled, Study Shows
Research published in the March issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, is suggesting that we process images in two very distinct ways.   view more (2008-03-11)

B2MIN9: Beagle 2 Teams Continue Efforts To Communicate With The Lander
Scientists are still waiting to hear from the Beagle 2 lander on Mars. Two attempts to communicate with Beagle 2 during the last 24 hours - first with the 250 ft (76 m) Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, UK, and then this morning with the Mars Odyssey orbiter - ended without... view more (2003-12-27)

New microchip technology for medical imaging biomarkers of disease
A collaboration between scientists at UCLA, Caltech, Stanford, Siemens and Fluidigm have developed a new technology using integrated microfluidics chips for simplifying, lowering the cost and diversifying the types of molecules used to image the biology of disease with the medical imaging... view more (2005-12-16)

Foretelling Future Of Maps
Cartography is an eternal science. A Russian researcher reviews its history and the role of maps in the past and future of mankind. People have started to use maps long ago. According to A.M. Berlyant, Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Old Testament already contains mentioning about maps.... view more (2004-06-15)

The NHS is failing people with learning disabilities
The NHS is failing people with learning difficulties, according to an editorial published in the BMJ today.   view more (2008-03-14)

UC Santa Barbara researchers light up 'dark' spins in diamond
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have potentially opened up a new avenue toward room temperature quantum information processing. By demonstrating the ability to image and control single isolated electron spins in diamond, they unexpectedly discovered a new channel for transferring information to... view more (2005-10-27)

A Planet in Progress?
Scientists are one step closer to understanding how new planets form, thanks to research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and carried out by a team of astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History.   view more (2008-03-27)

Study finds foul owls use feces to show they are in fine feather
Some years ago, within the Department of Conservation Biology of the Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Seville, Spain), a recently established group (colloquially named the Night Ecology Group) started to explore the... view more (2008-08-20)

Dartmouth's alternative breast imaging techniques sort abnormal from normal tissue
Dartmouth physicians and engineers have published a paper with results from a five-year project testing three new imaging techniques to examine breast abnormalities, including cancer.   view more (2007-06-06)
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