Imaging Pinpoints Brain Regions That 'See The Future' (January 7, 2007) -- Using brain imaging, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have identified several brain regions that are involved in the uniquely human ability to envision future events. The study, to ... > full story

Headaches Form Over A Possible New Form Of Aspirin (January 7, 2007) -- New scientific insights into the packaging of molecules in solids may tempt jokesters to add a second line to that old medical axiom, "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning." Insiders familiar ... > full story

Computer Scientists Discover New Way To Spin Up Pulsars (January 7, 2007) -- A team of scientists using Oak Ridge National Laboratory supercomputers has discovered the first plausible explanation for a pulsar's spin that fits the observations made by ... > full story

Cough And Phlegm Cause Fourfold Increase In COPD Incidence (January 7, 2007) -- Young adults (ages 20 to 44) with normal lung function who later develop chronic cough and phlegm have a fourfold higher risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary ... > full story

Getting Livestock Vaccines Past A Maternal Block (January 7, 2007) -- Use of a virus linked to the common cold is among the novel approaches Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Iowa are using to bypass maternal defenses that thwart vaccination of very ... > full story

Age, Gender Major Factors In Severity Of Auto-accident Injuries (January 7, 2007) -- Understanding the differences among drivers in different gender and age categories is crucial to preventing serious injuries, said researchers in a new study showing stark statistical differences in ... > full story

Chemistry Of Volcanic Fallout Reveals Secrets Of Past Eruptions (January 6, 2007) -- A team of American and French scientists has developed a method to determine the influence of past volcanic eruptions on climate and the chemistry of the upper atmosphere, and significantly reduce ... > full story

Renegade RNA: Clues To Cancer And Normal Growth (January 6, 2007) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that a tiny piece of genetic code apparently goes where no bit of it has gone before, and it gets there under its own internal ... > full story

Making Wheat Flour More Nutritious (January 6, 2007) -- Your favorite bread, breakfast cereal or pasta might tomorrow be made with wheat flour that's more nutritious than ever. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists have identified ... > full story

The Shape Of Health To Come: Customized Fitness Program Helps Endometrial Cancer Survivors (January 6, 2007) -- While millions of Americans place fitness as one of their top New Year's resolutions to improve shape, muscle tone and overall appearance, cancer survivors have another priority -- life. Researchers ... > full story

Invention Detects Hidden Dried Plum Pits (January 6, 2007) -- Festive gift trays of sweet, sun-ripened fruits often include delicious dried plums--also known as prunes. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in California have invented an inexpensive ... > full story

Should Smokers Be Refused Surgery? (January 6, 2007) -- Last year a primary care trust announced it would take smokers off waiting lists for surgery in an attempt to contain costs. In this week's British Medical Journal, two experts go head to head over ... > full story

New Sucker-footed Bat Discovered In Madagascar (January 5, 2007) -- Scientists have discovered a new species of bat that has large flat adhesive organs, or suckers, attached to its thumbs and hind feet. This is a remarkable find because the new bat belongs to a ... > full story

How Appetite-stimulating Brain Cells Work Overtime During Fasting (January 5, 2007) -- During periods of fasting, brain cells responsible for stimulating the appetite make sure that you stay hungry. Now, a new study of mice reported in the January issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, ... > full story

Brain Studies Reveal Mechanisms Of Voluntary Control Of Visual Attention (January 5, 2007) -- Neuroscientists at Duke University have mapped the timing and sequence of neural activations that unfold in the brain when people focus their attention on specific locations in their visual ... > full story

Glucose Levels Trigger Compensation For Type 2 Diabetics (January 5, 2007) -- Many individuals with type 2 diabetes are diabetic because their body no longer responds to the hormone insulin. Before they become clinically diabetic their body tries to compensate for the lack of ... > full story

Queen Bees Shown To Pass Viruses To Their Offspring (January 5, 2007) -- The first evidence that viruses can be transmitted vertically from mother queens to their offspring in honey bee colonies has been discovered by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. ARS ... > full story

Change In Guidelines Could Help Eliminate Tuberculosis In United States (January 5, 2007) -- To eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in the United States, current guidelines should be changed to reclassify all foreign-born residents from high incidence countries as "high-risk" regardless of the ... > full story

2007 To Be Warmest Year Yet, Say UK Forecasters (January 5, 2007) -- 2007 is likely to be the warmest year on record globally, beating the current record set in 1998, say climate-change experts at the United Kingdom's Met ... > full story

Sugars In Liver Found To Clear Fats From The Bloodstream (January 5, 2007) -- In work with mice, researchers at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine discovered a factor that could be responsible for many unexplained cases of elevated triglyceride ... > full story

Family And Friends Set The Speedometer (January 5, 2007) -- If your family and friends approve of speeding, then chances are you are more likely to plant your foot on the accelerator, a study by Queensland University of Technology has ... > full story

What Memories Are Made Of: Researcher Studies Plasticity Of Recall (January 5, 2007) -- Unraveling the differences between various kinds of memories depends on understanding changes that happen in the brain at the molecular level, says a professor at the University of ... > full story

Using Comparative Genomics To Manage Virulent Chicken Disease (January 5, 2007) -- The genetic code for a virulent strain of Marek's disease virus was cracked a few years ago. Now, to determine how best to cripple it and other infectious strains, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ... > full story

European Union Outpaces United States On Chemical Safety (January 5, 2007) -- New stricter European environmental policies may force even U.S.-based electronics makers to change their ways, say policy analysts at Brown University and Boston University. Stacy D. VanDeveer, a ... > full story