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News | Archive (28 October 2009)
Charles Darwin really did have advanced ideas about the origin of life
— 13:34 GMT | BiologyWhen Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species 150 years ago, he deliberately avoided the subject of the origin of life. This, coupled with the mention of the 'Creator' in the last paragraph of the book, led us to believe he was not willing to commit on the matter. An international team, led by Juli Pereto of the Cavanilles Institute in Valencia, now refutes that idea and shows that the British naturalist did explain in other documents how our first ancestors could have come into being…
Common weed could provide clues on ageing and cancer
— 13:31 GMT | HealthA common weed and human cancer cells could provide some very uncommon details about DNA structure and its relationship with telomeres and how they affect cellular ageing and cancer, according to a team led by scientists from Texas A and M University and the University of Cincinnati (UC)…
Exercise is good medicine for lymphoma patients
— 13:28 GMT | HealthA healthy dose of exercise is good medicine, even for lymphoma patients receiving chemotherapy, University of Alberta researchers have found…
University of Cincinnati researchers create all-electric spintronics
— 13:25 GMT | TechnologyA multidisciplinary team of UC researchers is the first to find an innovative and novel way to control an electron's spin orientation using purely electrical means…
Tsunami waves reasonably likely to strike Israel
— 13:22 GMT | Environment'There is a likely chance of tsunami waves reaching the shores of Israel,' says Dr Beverly Goodman of the Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa following encompassing geoarchaeological research at the port of Caesarea. 'Tsunami events in the Mediterranean do occur less frequently than in the Pacific Ocean, but our findings reveal a moderate rate of recurrence,' she says…
Sweet solution to energy production
— 13:19 GMT | TechnologySugarcane biomass, a significant waste product from sugar production, could be a renewable energy source for electricity production, according to research published in the current issue of the international journal Progress in Industrial Ecology…
Stanford study recommends change in treating pulmonary embolisms
— 13:16 GMT | HealthWilliam Kuo, MD, was the on-call interventional radiologist one Friday night three years ago when he received a call from the intensive care unit at Stanford Hospital and Clinics. He was asked to attend to a 62-year-old woman who had collapsed at home and was rushed to the emergency room with massive blood clots in her lungs…
UB study explores how women make decisions about breast cancer surgery
— 13:13 GMT | HealthFor women just diagnosed with breast cancer, one of the important decisions confronting them is whether to have a lumpectomy or mastectomy. A diagnosis of breast cancer will affect one in every eight women in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society, causing them to have to decide quickly about treatment…
UC Davis researchers identify dominant chemical that attracts mosquitoes to humans
— 13:10 GMT | HealthScientists at the University of California, Davis, have identified the dominant odour naturally produced in humans and birds that attracts the blood-feeding Culex mosquitoes, which transmit West Nile virus and other life-threatening diseases…
Protein critical for insulin secretion may be contributor to diabetes
— 13:07 GMT | HealthA cellular protein from a family involved in several human diseases is crucial for the proper production and release of insulin, new research has found, suggesting that the protein might play a role in diabetes…
Frozen water on Mars confirmed by Phoenix
Bright chunks at Phoenix site must have been ice