Researchers restore memory process in most common form of mental disability

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:45:55 -0700

University of California, Irvine scientists have discovered how to reverse the learning and memory problems inherent in the most common form of mental impairment.

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Facebook for researchers: www.researchgate.com

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:11:14 -0700

A group of scientists is designing a free of charge web 2.0 application such as facebook or xing, but adapted to the requirements of researchers. They started a survey in order to determine, whether or not there is a demand for this kind of science platform. www.researchgate.com/survey

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Scientists Search for Brain Center Responsible for Tinnitus

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:35:34 -0700

For the more than 50 million Americans who experience the phantom sounds of tinnitus -- ringing in the ears that can range from annoying to debilitating -- certain well-trained rats may be their best hope for finding relief.

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Technology Would Help Detect Terrorists Before They Strike

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:48:07 -0700

Are you a terrorist? Airport screeners, customs agents, police officers and members of the military who silently pose that question to people every day, may soon have much more than intuition to depend on to determine the answer.

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FDA Gives Big Hug to Generic Drug Program

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:07:43 -0700

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has outlined a program aimed at increasing the number and variety of generic drug products available to consumers and health care providers. Generic drugs generally cost less than their brand-name counterparts and competition among generics has been a key factor in lowering drug prices. The Generic Initiative for Value and Efficiency, or GIVE, will help the FDA modernize and streamline its generic drug approval process.

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Report quantifies human rights violations in Burma

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:26:04 -0700

Gross human rights violations, including forced displacement, forced labor, attacks by soldiers on civilians, injury from landmines and destruction or theft of food supplies, have been widespread in eastern Burma (also known as Myanmar), with over half of households in displaced areas reporting incidents in the 12 months prior to a 2004 survey. The study is published in the October 2007 issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

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From mastectomy to replacement breast in one day

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:47:02 -0700

On average, every hour of every day, another woman in the U.S. is told she has breast cancer. For some that will mean losing one or both breasts – dramatically altering her body until reconstructive surgery can be done. Now, a remarkable new approach may change that. While cancer might claim a woman’s breast, that doesn’t mean she has to live a single day without one.

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Scientists create mice with human language gene

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:05:36 -0700

Scientists at the Max Plank institute in Germany recently announced that they had successfully knocked the human variant of the FOXP2 "language" gene into mice.

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Star System 'Just Right' for Building an Earth

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:42:32 -0700

An Earth-like planet is likely forming 424 light-years away in a star system called HD 113766, say astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.

Scientists have discovered a huge belt of warm dust - enough to build a Mars-size planet or larger - swirling around a distant star that is just slightly more massive than our sun. The dust belt, which they suspect is clumping together into planets, is located in the middle of the system's terrestrial habitable zone. This is the region around a star where liquid water could exist on any rocky planets that might form. Earth is located in the middle of our sun's terrestrial habitable zone.

At approximately 10 million years old, the star is also at just the right age for forming rocky planets.

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Kids still not drinking enough milk

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:41:25 -0700

American children are drinking too little milk and what they are consuming is too high in fat, according to a Penn State study.

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