Marijuana-like Compounds Suppress The Immune Response (April 26, 2006) -- A group of Japanese scientists has discovered that cannabinoids can cause some white blood cells to lose their ability to migrate to the sites of infection and inflammation. These findings, which ... > full story

The Comet With A Broken Heart (April 26, 2006) -- On the night of April 23 to 24, ESO's Very Large Telescope observed fragment B of the comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 that had split a few days earlier. To their great surprise, the ESO astronomers ... > full story

Better Model Of Deadly Brain Cancer (April 26, 2006) -- Researchers have created a mouse model that closely mimics human medulloblastoma, the most common type of childhood brain tumor. The new model, which was created by knocking out a key component of ... > full story

Water And Nanoelectronics Will Mix To Create Ultra-dense Memory Storage Devices, Researchers Say (April 26, 2006) -- Your iPod Nano isn't really "nano" -- but it could be, according to researchers at Penn, Drexel and Harvard. They have theorized a means of using water to control the electrical properties of ... > full story

Cure For Cancer Worth Trillion, Study Says (April 26, 2006) -- A new study calculates the prospective gains that could be obtained from further progress against major diseases. Kevin M. Murphy and Robert H. Topel, two University of Chicago researchers, estimate ... > full story

Direct Photon Properties Reveal Secrets Of Extreme Nuclear States (April 26, 2006) -- When atomic nuclei are smashed together at great speed, resulting temperatures exceed one trillion degrees. Scientists who study nuclear matter under extreme conditions have a particular interest in ... > full story

Implantable Cardioverter-defibrillators Have Higher Malfunction Rate Than Pacemakers (April 26, 2006) -- Although pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) sustain and save many lives and have a low malfunction rate, their performance should be monitored, especially ICDs, which have ... > full story

Martian Valley System May Have Been Formed In Part By Free-flowing Water (April 26, 2006) -- New images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show the Nanedi Valles valley system, a steep-sided feature that may have been formed in part by ... > full story

Chemotherapy Gel May Fight Breast Cancer And Reduce Breast Deformity (April 26, 2006) -- University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed a polymer-based therapy for breast cancer that could serve as an artificial tissue filler after surgery and a clinically effective therapy. The ... > full story

Invasive Species Harms Native Hardwoods By Killing Soil Fungus (April 26, 2006) -- An invasive weed that has spread across much of the US harms native maples, ashes, and other hardwood trees by releasing chemicals harmful to a soil fungus the trees depend on for growth and ... > full story

Male Rivalry Increases When Females At Most Fertile, Say Researchers (April 26, 2006) -- Men become more jealous of dominant males when their female partner is near ovulation, researchers at the University of Liverpool have ... > full story

Kennewick Man Skeletal Find May Revolutionalize Continent's History (April 26, 2006) -- What the experts were able to ascertain from their brief encounter with Kennewick is that he did not look like a Native American. In fact, a Middle Tennessee State University researcher says ... > full story

Study Finds Novel Vaccine Curbs Brain Tumor Growth, Increases Survival (April 26, 2006) -- A novel vaccine has significantly increased life expectancy in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most dangerous type of brain tumor, a researcher from The University of Texas M. D. ... > full story

Researchers Develop Detailed Design Rules For Nanoimprint Lithography Processing (April 26, 2006) -- Using a combination of experimental data and simulations, researchers have identified key parameters that predict the outcome of nanoimprint lithography, a fabrication technique that offers an ... > full story

Genetic Finding Suggests Alternative Treatment Strategy For Common, Complex Skin Disorders (April 26, 2006) -- A genetic finding by researchers at the National Institutes of Health provides new insight into the cause of a series of related, common and complex illnesses -- including hay fever and asthma as ... > full story

Antioxidant Selenium Offers No Heart-disease Protection (April 26, 2006) -- Selenium does not protect against cardiovascular disease, despite its documented antioxidant and chemopreventive properties, analysis of a randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial covering 13 ... > full story

Ferment And Cook Beans For Gas-free Nutrition (April 26, 2006) -- Fermenting beans and then cooking them not only reduces the majority of the soluble fibre that leads to flatulence, but also enhances their nutritional ... > full story

Brain Study Considers Motor Function, Cognition With Alcohol Consumption (April 25, 2006) -- Dartmouth researchers have learned more about how the brain works to mask or suppress the impact that alcohol has on motor skills, like reaching for and manipulating objects. In other words, the ... > full story

In Utero Exposure To Urban Air Pollutants Can Increase Risk (April 25, 2006) -- Prenatal exposure to air pollutants in New York City can adversely affect child development, according to the results of a study released today by the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental ... > full story

New Study Tests The Effects Of Watching TV In A Dark Room (April 25, 2006) -- Scientific literature has long supported the notion that reducing contrasts in perceived brightness between a visual display and its background will result in reduced visual fatigue and eyestrain. ... > full story

Scientists Create Method For Predicting Chemotherapy Success That Indicates How Easily The Drug Can Be Delivered Into The Tumor (April 25, 2006) -- A team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute, headed by Prof. Hadassa Degani of the Biological Regulation Department, has come up with a non-invasive, magnetic resonance imaging- (MRI-) based ... > full story

Skin Disease Common Among Hispanic Farmworkers In North Carolina, Research Shows (April 25, 2006) -- Wake Forest University School of Medicine studies of Hispanic farmworkers in North Carolina found that more than three out of four workers had skin disease and that workers need more information ... > full story

For One Stanford Doctor, The Beat Goes On During Open-heart Surgery (April 25, 2006) -- Kai Ihnken, a clinical assistant professor of cardiothoracic surgery uses an innovative technique called "beating-heart" surgery for coronary bypass. The technique replaces the more conventional use ... > full story

Blink : The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
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Blink is about the first two seconds of looking--the decisive glance that knows in an instant. Gladwell, the best-selling author of The Tipping Point, campaigns for snap judgments and mind reading with a gift for translating research into splendid ... > read more

Fish! A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results
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Here's another management parable that draws its lesson from an unlikely source--this time it's the fun-loving fishmongers at Seattle's Pike Place Market. In Fish! the heroine, Mary Jane Ramirez, recently widowed and mother of two, is asked to ... > read more

The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition
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Composition teachers throughout the English-speaking world have been pushing this book on their students since it was first published in 1957. Co-author White later revised it, and it remains the most compact and lucid handbook we have for matters ... > read more

YOU: The Owner's Manual : An Insider's Guide to the Body that Will Make You Healthier and Younger
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If there ever was a pair of docs who can make the small intestine seem truly intriguing, here they are. Dr. Mehmet Oz is an alternative-medicine maverick and a cardiologist known to implement acupuncture during open-heart surgery. Dr. Michael ... > read more

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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Explaining what William McNeill called The Rise of the West has become the central problem in the study of global history. In Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond presents the biologist's answer: geography, demography, and ecological happenstance. ... > read more