Novel Computed Imaging Technique Uses Blurry Images To Enhance View (January 23, 2007) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a novel computational image-forming technique for optical microscopy that can produce crisp, three-dimensional images from ... > full story

Skin Patch Or Cream For Treating Dementia? Transdermal Vaccine Effective In Treating Alzheimer's Disease In Mice (January 23, 2007) -- A novel needle-free vaccine approach was found safe and effective in clearing brain-damaging plaques from mice bred to develop Alzheimer's disease. The transdermal vaccination may offer a simple, ... > full story

'Heat Mining' Backed In Geothermal Energy Report (January 23, 2007) -- A comprehensive new MIT-led study of the potential for geothermal energy within the United States has found that mining the huge amounts of heat that reside as stored thermal energy in the Earth's ... > full story

United States Beats Europe For Hypertension Treatment, But Room For Improvement Remains (January 23, 2007) -- By starting treatment for high blood pressure earlier and being more aggressive, physicians in the U.S. control hypertension significantly better than their counterparts in western Europe. ... > full story

Toward Medical Implants With An Antibiotic Coating (January 23, 2007) -- The search for ways to protect polymer-based medical implants -- used in devices ranging from contact lenses to artificial hearts, as well as surgical devices and operating room equipment -- from ... > full story

Dogs May Be Responding To Psychological Seizures, Not Epilepsy Seizures (January 23, 2007) -- Reports of dogs that can predict their owners' epilepsy seizures have been anecdotal and not objectively confirmed by doctors and researchers. Some people obtain service dogs trained specifically for ... > full story

Bumblebee House Warming: It Takes A Village (January 23, 2007) -- All bumblebees always aren't as busy as, well, a bee. It all depends on what their job is. Researchers have known that a key to the insects' success in adapting to cooler climates is their ability to ... > full story

Cells Passed From Mother To Child May Be First Step In Developing New Treatments For Type 1 Diabetes (January 23, 2007) -- For the first time, scientists have discovered that cells passed from mother to child during pregnancy can differentiate into functioning islet beta cells that produce insulin in the child. The same ... > full story

Scientists Celebrate 50 Years Since Key RNA Discovery (January 23, 2007) -- Profound doubts were the frequent response when MIT biophysicist Alexander Rich announced that two single-strand ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules could spontaneously align themselves to form a double ... > full story

Daily Use Of Antidepressants Associated With Increased Risk Of Fracture In Older Adults (January 23, 2007) -- Daily use of the antidepressant medications known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) by adults 50 years and older is associated with a doubled risk of some fractures, according to a ... > full story

Questioning The Safety Of Blower-equipped Carbon Canister Breathing Devices (January 23, 2007) -- A new study raises questions about the safety of the growing trend toward equipping carbon canister protective breathing devices with a blower device to enable personnel to breathe ... > full story

Can Epilepsy Patients Predict Their Seizures? (January 23, 2007) -- Some patients with epilepsy can reliably predict when they are likely to have a seizure, a finding that may lead to better seizure prevention, according to a study published in the Jan. 23, 2007, ... > full story

Improved Nanodots Could Be Key To Future Data Storage (January 22, 2007) -- The massive global challenge of storing digital data -- storage needs reportedly double every year -- may be met with a tiny yet powerful solution: magnetic particles just a few billionths of a meter ... > full story

Dental Researchers Test No-needle Anesthesia, No-drilling Cavity Care (January 22, 2007) -- Imagine having a decayed tooth repaired, painlessly, without drilling or shots of anesthesia to numb the area. Wishful thinking? Not if two studies being conducted at the University at Buffalo's ... > full story

New Form Of Sleeping Sickness Discovered In India Stems From Deficiency In Natural Immunity Protein (January 22, 2007) -- In December 2004, the first case of human Trypanosoma evansi -- induced trypanosomiasis was formally identified in India. Scientists from Université Libre de Bruxelles, Philippe Truc (IRD) and Indian ... > full story

The More Mutations, The Worse The Disease In Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism (January 22, 2007) -- Idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH) is an inherited genetic disorder that results in impaired sexual development due to a deficiency in a sex hormone known as GnRH. Although individuals ... > full story

An Advance In Mimicking Mother Nature (January 22, 2007) -- Birds use them to reduce the weight of their feathers. Polar bears rely on them to keep warm in the Arctic cold. Now scientists in China report what they believe to be the first easy, straightforward ... > full story

Tamoxifen Discontinuation Rates Surprisingly High In Clinical Practice (January 22, 2007) -- A new study says early termination of the highly effective breast cancer drug tamoxifen may negatively affect treatment ... > full story

Corn Plants Used To Monitor Carbon Dioxide Levels From Fossil Fuels (January 22, 2007) -- Scientists at UC Irvine have mapped fossil fuel air pollution in the United States by analyzing corn collected from nearly 70 locations ... > full story

'Quiet Revolution' May Herald New RNA Therapeutics (January 22, 2007) -- Scientists at the University of Oxford have identified a surprising way of switching off a gene involved in cell division. The mechanism involves a form of RNA, a chemical found in cell nuclei, whose ... > full story

NIST 'Standard Bullet' Fights Gang Violence (January 22, 2007) -- Researchers at NIST have developed a copper bullet designed to help end criminal sprees without once being fired. Crime laboratories can use NIST's "Standard Bullet" to optimize the settings of ... > full story

Surgery And Adjuvant Therapy May Work For Pancreatic Cancer (January 22, 2007) -- In the largest single-institution retrospective study to date, researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center have shown that giving patients both radiation and chemotherapy after completely removing ... > full story

Microwave Oven Can Sterilize Sponges, Scrub Pads (January 22, 2007) -- Microwave ovens may be good for more than just zapping the leftovers; they may also help protect your family. University of Florida engineering researchers have found that microwaving kitchen sponges ... > full story

Regular Acupressure Can Significantly Reduce Agitated Behavior In Dementia, Study Shows (January 22, 2007) -- Providing 15-minute treatment sessions twice a day for five days a week significantly reduced agitated behavior in older people with dementia, including physical and verbal attacks and ... > full story

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