Muscle wasting linked to old age might one day be treated using stem cells, claim US scientists. A University of…
Month: November 2010
Cell find may aid cancer vaccines
A type of normal cell often found in cancerous growths may be the reason for the failure of anti-cancer vaccines.…
Software creates 3D wiring maps of the brain
Utilizing a recently-developed technique called HARDI (High Angular Resolution Diffusion Imaging), researchers at the Eindhoven University of Technology have created…
Humans Crafted Complex Tools Earlier Than Thought
Prehistoric people in southern Africa developed a highly skilled way of shaping stones into sharp-edged tools long before Europeans did,…
More Trees, Less Crime?
Big trees provide shade and improve air quality but now it looks like they can fight crime as well. Large…
Children really do see things differently
CHILDREN do not see objects in a fully grown-up way until the age of 13, a new study suggests. When…
Scientists Engineer Human Livers
Many people need new organs, but the numbers that are available don’t begin to meet the demand. At Wake Forest…
Fossils Could Be Found by Next Mars Rover
A satellite picture of Mars shows Mawrth Vallis, one of the possible landing sites for NASA’s next rover. A new…
Rarest snake races back
The rarest snake in the world, the Antiguan racer, has slithered back from the brink. The population has increased ten-fold,…
Goat-Dotted Dam
Cingino Dam isn’t completely vertical, allowing ibex—such as these goats pictured in summer 2010—to gain some purchase. Adapted to their…