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Herbal Menopause Therapy a Good Fit for Breast Cancer Patients?
When it comes to understanding the effectiveness and safety of using herbal therapies with other drugs, much is unknown. Now, a University of Missouri researcher will study how black cohosh - an herbal supplement often used to relieve hot flashes in menopausal women - interacts with tamoxifen, a... view more (2008-10-08)

Study reveals gap in HIV testing knowledge among college students
Most college students understand how they can prevent the transmission of HIV but are less knowledgeable about HIV testing, according to a new University of Georgia study.   view more (2008-08-28)

Black holes, galaxies young and old visible in massive mapping of the night sky
Color images documenting the past 10 billion years of galactic evolution were distributed online this week as part of the first public release of data from a massive project to map a distant region of the universe that combines the efforts of nearly 100 researchers from around the world, including... view more (2007-10-04)

RTD info crosses its latest frontier
The latest edition of RTD info will take you on a voyage of discovery into the world of science and technology. Issue 38 heads for the stars to explore the European space programme and plunges to the depths of Black Sea clean-up efforts. It also examines how eating bacteria can be good for people... view more (2003-09-18)

Hypertension data may mask racial disparities among Hispanics
Black Hispanics in America are suffering higher rates of hypertension than their Hispanic counterparts who are white, a new study finds.   view more (2006-01-26)

2008 ozone hole larger than last year
The 2008 ozone hole - a thinning in the ozone layer over Antarctica - is larger both in size and ozone loss than 2007 but is not as large as 2006.   view more (2008-10-08)

1843 stellar eruption may be new type of star explosion
Eta Carinae, the galaxy's biggest, brightest and perhaps most studied star after the sun, has been keeping a secret: Its giant outbursts appear to be driven by an entirely new type of stellar explosion that is fainter than a typical supernova and does not destroy the star.   view more (2008-09-11)

Astronomers find record-old cosmic explosion
Using the powerful one-two combo of NASA's Swift satellite and the Gemini Observatory, astronomers from a number of institutions, including Johns Hopkins, have detected a mysterious type of cosmic explosion farther back in time than ever before.   view more (2008-01-10)

Hubble maps the changing constellation of Internet 'black holes'
You're trying to log on to a Web site and it's not working. You try again and again. But persistence doesn't pay off. The site you want is inexplicably, frustratingly, out of reach.   view more (2008-04-09)

Evidence for ultra-energetic particles in jet from black hole
An international team of astronomers led by researchers at Yale has obtained key infrared observations that reveal the nature of quasar particle jets that originate just outside super-massive black holes at the center of galaxies and radiate across the spectrum from radio to X-ray wavelengths.   view more (2006-06-21)

UK astronomers take control of the time domain
Although there are numerous telescopes - both large and small - examining the night sky at any one time, the heavens are so vast and so densely populated with all manner of exotic objects that it is extremely easy to overlook a significant random event. Fortunately, a new generation of scientific... view more (2004-02-09)

Opening Up the Dark Side of the Universe
Physicists in the UK are ready to start construction of a major part of an advanced new experiment, designed to search for elusive gravitational waves. They are already part of two experiments: the UK/German GEO 600 project and the US LIGO experiment (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave... view more (2003-09-10)

Antarctic forecast: premature break-up of ozone hole this week
Based on satellite data from the European Space Agency, the national meteorological centre of the Netherlands predicts the Antarctic ozone hole will break apart this week, months earlier than usual. A scientist at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) adds that the depth of the... view more (2002-09-23)

Integral - tracking extreme radiation across the Universe
INFO 8-2002. Integral is the International Gamma Ray Astrophysics Laboratory of the European Space Agency. It is a cooperative mission with Russia and is scheduled for launch on 17 October 2002 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on a Russian Proton rocket, the Russian contribution to the... view more (2002-10-02)

Some ethnic groups more susceptible to adverse drug reactions
Some ethnic groups may be more susceptible to adverse drug reactions, finds a study published on bmj.com today.   view more (2006-05-05)

From black box to optimized plant
In times gone by, something complex as a steam engine was hardly understood by amateurs. They perceived it as a black box and thought it should simply work. There are basic similarities in today's factory planning and plant design: Something goes in at one end in a continuous flow (steam, wood... view more (2003-05-22)

Obesity may keep some women from getting screened for breast, cervical cancer
A review of cancer screening studies shows that white women who are obese are less likely than healthy weight women to get the recommended screenings for breast and cervical cancer, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Public Health.   view more (2008-03-25)

Antarctic plants repair themselves
Dutch researchers funded by NWO have studied the effects of the hole in the ozone layer on the vegetation in Antarctica. The repair mechanisms of lichens and mosses appear to be effective even at low temperatures. Nevertheless, the ecology of the Antarctic is still under threat. The rise in... view more (2001-11-26)

First worldwide analysis of cancer survival finds wide variation between countries
Cancer survival varies widely between countries according to a worldwide study published online today in Lancet Oncology.* More than 100 investigators contributed to the study.   view more (2008-07-17)

`Racial bias` challenge to universities
Strong evidence that the UK`s older universities may be biased against black and minority applicants has emerged in a new study of entry into higher education by Michael Shiner of Goldsmiths College, University of London and Professor Tariq Modood of Bristol University.   view more (2002-06-24)

Coal and black liquor can produce energy from papermaking
Adding a little coal and processing the papermaking industry's black liquor waste into synthesis gas is a better choice than burning it for heat, improves the carbon footprint of coal-to-liquid processes, and can produce a fuel versatile enough to run a cooking stove or a truck, according to a team... view more (2007-08-21)

Study links education to risk of cancer death
A new American Cancer Society study finds having at least some education beyond high school is associated with a decreased risk of cancer death.   view more (2007-09-12)

New way to assess risk of heart disease in ethnic groups
A new web-based calculator will better assess the risk of heart disease in British black and minority ethnic groups. These groups are often wrongly assessed.   view more (2006-06-08)

Mechanism of black cohosh versus hot flashes revealed
The natural herb black cohosh is commonly used by women to treat menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, but the molecular mechanisms underlying its action have eluded scientists - until now.   view more (2006-12-26)

Black cohosh does not relieve menopausal hot flashes, Group Health researchers find
The popular herbal supplement black cohosh does not relieve hot flashes among women going through menopause, according to a study by researchers from Group Health Cooperative, a Seattle-based health care system.   view more (2006-12-19)
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