Is Global Warming Unstoppable?
eurekalert.org — In a provocative new study, a University of Utah scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions -- the major cause of global warming -- cannot be stabilized unless the world's economy collapses or society builds the equivalent of one new nuclear power plant each day. (Submitted by upick) More...
Behavior Modification Could Ease Concerns About Nanoparticle
eurekalert.org — In an advance that could help ease health and environmental concerns about the emerging nanotechnology industry, scientists are reporting development of technology for changing the behavior of nanoparticles in municipal Sewage Treatment plants -- their main gateway into the environment. Their stud............... (Submitted by FI5HERMAN) More...
Scientists visualize how bacteria talk to one another
eurekalert.org — Using imaging mass spectrometry, researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed tools that will enable scientists to visualize how different cell populations of cells communicate. (Submitted by chris1234) More...
1930s drug slows tumor growth
eurekalert.org — The drug, acriflavine, used in the 1930s for treating gonorrhea, has turned out to have the previously unknown ability to halt the growth of new blood vessels. Preliminary tests showed that mice engineered to develop cancer had no tumor growth if treated with daily injections of acriflavine. (Submitted by hdar3415) More...
Nanowire biocompatibility in the brain: So far so good
eurekalert.org — Scientists at Lund University have investigated this "worst case" by injecting nanowires in rat brains. The nanowires resemble in size and shape the registration nodes of electrodes of the future. The results show that the brain "clean-up cells," take care of the wires. After 12 weeks only minor differences were observed between (Submitted by SirPopper) More...
Study Says Doctors Don't Respect Fat People
eurekalert.org — Doctors have less respect for their obese patients than they do for patients of normal weight, a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The findings raise questions about whether negative physician attitudes about obesity could be affecting the long-term health of their heavier patients. (Submitted by jerryjamesstone) More...
Harvard scientists bend nanowires into 2-D and 3-D structure
eurekalert.org — Taking nanomaterials to a new level of structural complexity, scientists have determined how to introduce kinks into arrow-straight nanowires, transforming them into zigzagging two- and three-dimensional structures with correspondingly advanced functions. (Submitted by SirPopper) More...
New York: Bionic Eye Technology - First
eurekalert.org — A 50-year-old New York woman who was diagnosed with a progressive blinding disease at age 13 was implanted with an experimental electronic eye implant that has partially restored her vision. A team led by Dr. Lucian V. Del Priore at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center performed the June 26 surgery -- the first case of i (Submitted by FI5HERMAN) More...
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