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News | Archive (4 August 2008)
Researchers discover networks of metal nanoparticles are culprits in alloy corrosion
— 17:31 GMT | TechnologyOxide scales are supposed to protect alloys from extensive corrosion, but scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered metal nanoparticle chinks in this armour…
One in ten kids using cough, cold medications
— 17:22 GMT | HealthResearchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Centre have found that approximately one in ten U.S. children uses one or more cough and cold medications during a given week. These findings appear in the August issue of the journal Pediatrics…
Teacher-student relationships key to learning health and sex education
— 17:20 GMT | HealthWhen it comes to learning life-changing behaviours in high school health classes, the identity of the person teaching may be even more important than the curriculum, a new study suggests…
Recreation and park agencies play a key role in promoting healthy lifestyles
— 17:18 GMT | HealthWhen community leaders brainstorm ways to improve the health and well-being of youth and families, a team usually brings together doctors and health care professionals, hospitals, public health organisations and schools. But recreation and park agencies are another key player in the fight against childhood obesity, sedentary lifestyles, and chronic diseases says a new report…
Beefing up the Sunday roast
— 17:16 GMT | HealthThe Sunday roast on our dinner tables has the potential to be packed with bags more natural flavour, say scientists at The University of Nottingham…
Long-term HIV treatment may reduce risk for atherosclerosis
— 17:14 GMT | HealthAntiretroviral drugs for HIV do not increase the risk for coronary atherosclerosis, a central risk factor for heart disease, according to a study led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health to be published in the 8 August issue of the journal AIDS and available online today…
Sustainable electricity think-tank established
— 17:12 GMT | TechnologyThe formation of an international Working Group of electricity energy experts was announced last week at the conclusion of the Inaugural Symposium on Electrical Energy Evolution in China and Australia, in Palm Cove, Queensland. Symposium chair, CSIRO scientist Dr Geoff James, said the decision to form the Working Group was a major outcome of the three-day specialist conference on sustainable electricity…
Scientists introduce next generation tool for visualising genomic data
— 15:47 GMT | BiologyScientists are collecting vast amounts of diverse genomic data with ever-increasing speed, but effective ways to visualise these data in an integrated manner have lagged behind the ability to generate them…
Tevatron experiments double-team Higgs boson
— 15:45 GMT | PhysicsScientists from the CDF and DZero collaborations at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab have combined Tevatron data from the two experiments to advance the quest for the long-sought Higgs boson…
'Chiral' molecules pave the way for safer, more effective drugs
— 14:31 GMT | ChemistryIn the drive to create safer, more effective drugs for cancer, Parkinson's disease, and other health challenges, researchers worldwide are stepping up efforts to produce purer substances based on a molecule's unique symmetry or chirality…
Two supernova factories discovered in the Milky Way
Hebes Chasma, a trough in Valles Marineris of Mars