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Heat dangers forgotten in the battle against air pollution
UCL scientists warn that amidst all the concerns over air pollution, the more basic health message of 'staying cool when the weather is hot' may be being forgotten.   view more (2005-10-12)

Iowa State to unveil the most realistic virtual reality room in the world
You're high above the desert peaks. Your aircraft are approaching their targets. Information from instruments, cameras and radar is before your eyes. And with the help of 100 million pixels of bright and vivid virtual reality you're in control of a swarm of U.S. Air Force unmanned aerial vehicles.   view more (2007-03-27)

MIT researchers find clues to planets' birth
Meteorites that are among the oldest rocks ever found have provided new clues about the conditions that existed at the beginning of the solar system, solving a longstanding mystery and overturning some accepted ideas about the way planets form.   view more (2008-10-31)

Invititation to the Media - Soils as carbon sinks-a breathing space in the race against global warming?
Can we use land carbon sinks as a way to buy time for the restructuring of our energy generation? "We estimate soil carbon sinks could mitigate 8% of the EU`s emissions if major changes were made in land use and agricultural management ," says Professor David Powlson of IACR Rothamsted. However;... view more (2002-06-26)

Squid Skin Reveals Hidden Messages
In the animal world, squid are masters of disguise. Pigmented skin cells enable them to camouflage themselves-almost instantaneously-from predators.   view more (2006-09-22)

Earliest meteorites provide new piece in planetary formation puzzle
Researchers trying to understand how the planets formed have uncovered a new clue by analysing meteorites that are older than the earth.   view more (2005-09-20)

New data reveal pregnancies exposed to accutane despite risk management program
Despite a mandatory program designed to prevent pregnant women from being exposed to the anti-acne medication Accutane and similar medications containing isotretinoin (a known teratogen or birth defect-causing agent), 122 pregnancies were exposed during the first year of the program, known as... view more (2007-08-01)

SCAI Hildner Lecture highlights innovative techniques for plaque imaging
Virtual histology. Thermography. Palpography. Computed tomography. Today, during the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) 29th Annual Scientific Sessions in Chicago, Dr. Gregg W. Stone will explore these and other promising imaging techniques in a featured Hildner Lecture... view more (2006-05-15)

Johns Hopkins researchers discover key protein linked to transverse myelitis and multiple sclerosis
Hopkins researchers have discovered a single molecule that is a cause of an autoimmune disease in the central nervous system, called transverse myelitis (TM), that is related to multiple sclerosis.   view more (2005-09-23)

First analysis of FDA's mifepristone adverse event reports
The abortion drug mifepristone (Mifeprex,TM RU-486), initially touted as a more convenient alternative to surgical abortion, has been linked to serious adverse reactions, including several deaths in otherwise healthy women.   view more (2005-12-29)

Does Raising the Terrorism Alert Level Cause Undue Stress?
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's color-coded system for warning the public of the risk of a terrorist attack does not appear to cause undue stress among law enforcement officers, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University... view more (2008-04-07)

Limiting damage after heart transplantation
Scientists from Imperial College School of Medicine at Harefield Hospital may have found a way of dampening down damaging immune responses following heart transplants. Professor Rose will describe her work at the British Society for Immunology’s Congress 2000 in Harrogate today (Thursday 7... view more (2000-12-01)

Scientists Test System to Forecast Flash Floods along Colorado's Front Range
People living near vulnerable creeks and rivers along Colorado's Front Range may soon get advance notice of potentially deadly floods, thanks to a new forecasting system being tested this summer by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo.   view more (2008-07-23)

Prenatal health strongly influences future economic success
While much attention has been paid to how inherited traits such as skin tone or height influence economic success, a groundbreaking new study from the Journal of Political Economy argues that it is a malleable characteristic - in utero health - that most strongly indicates how well a child will... view more (2006-08-08)

Silencing bacteria could stop infections and save lives, say scientists
Stopping bacteria from talking to each other could help prevent serious infections say scientists from Aberdeen, in new research presented today (Monday, 06 September 2004) at the Society for General Microbiology's 155th Meeting at Trinity College Dublin.   view more (2004-08-23)

Call for global action over continued huge burden of maternal deaths in poor countries
Experts will issue a stark warning today that Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5, which aims to reduce maternal deaths by 75% before 2015, will only be met with intensified commitment and a focus on effective strategies.   view more (2006-09-28)

A Simple Blood Test for Colon Cancer
People are often reluctant to undergo a routine but painful colonoscopy ― but the consequences can be fatal. According to the American Cancer Society, colon cancer is the third most common cancer found in American men and women and kills about 50,000 Americans every year.   view more (2008-11-21)

Microbiotic technology developed for microinjection of zebrafish embryos
Funded by an NSERC Idea to Innovations grant and an Ontario Early Researcher Award, Prof. Yu Sun's group, the Advanced Micro and Nanosystems Laboratory (http://amnl.mie.utoronto.ca) at the University of Toronto (U of T) recently developed a microrobotic technology for automated microinjection of... view more (2007-09-12)

GMES comes under Earth and Space Week spotlight
Keeping watch on the world from orbit is helping to make it a safer place to live, heard European journalists visiting the Earth and Space Week in Brussels. Experts recounted how Europe's Global Monitoring for Environment and Security initiative is already delivering operational information... view more (2005-02-16)

Important rice production system under pressure
In the face of growing pressure on one of Asia's most important food production systems, experts are warning that farmers must get more help to make them more efficient.   view more (2007-10-10)

Drive-by-wire closer than you think
Fly-by-wire control systems are well established in the aerospace industry. Now participants in one IST project, PEIT, have ambitious plans to introduce the same capabilities to road vehicles. The objective? Potentially reducing road accidents within the EU by half! "We know that 98 per cent... view more (2004-04-07)

When means become ends - considering the impact of patent strategy on innovation
The patent system is meant to encourage innovation. It may be doing no such thing. It may actually be discouraging innovation. The patent is meant to help patent holders turn their inventions into innovations. But the patent can also be used to prevent the competition innovating. The problem... view more (2003-07-29)

Car tyres monitor their own pressure
Whether inserted in the cover of a book or moulded in a car key, transponders prefer to lead an inconspicuous life. It's only when the retail store theft alarm screams or when an automobile anti-theft system prevents a car from being stolen that their active presence is noticed. But strictly... view more (2003-07-01)

Study recommends new guidelines for air bag safety in children
Children 14 and younger should not sit in the front passenger seat of cars equipped with air bags, according to a new study by an emergency medicine researcher at Oregon Health & Science University's Doernbecher Children's Hospital.   view more (2005-06-06)

Genetic test announced for suicidal ideation in patients using antidepressant drugs
NeuroMark, a Boulder, Colorado company, announced today the immediate availability of a genetic test to identify people at risk of suicidal ideation-thoughts of committing suicide-when prescribed an antidepressant drug.   view more (2007-09-28)
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