Study looks at fruit fly sexual attraction
U.S. scientists with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute say in the frantic world of the fruit fly, courtship may depend on having the right wing spots.
Apr 19, 2006
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Sanctions won't stop China violating IP
Imposing trade sanctions is no solution to getting China to comply with intellectual-property rules. Rather, by encouraging Chinese companies to tie up with U.S. rivals on the one hand and getting them to produce goods that ...
Apr 19, 2006
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Study: Color plays role in perception
U.S. scientists have discovered a neural circuit they say is likely to play an important role in the visual perception of moving objects.
Apr 19, 2006
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Double duty: Magnetic nanotechnology holds promise in fighting cancer, advancing computing
Detecting cancer and reinventing computing are two challenges that seemingly have little, if anything, to do with each other. That is, unless you are a nanotechnologist like Shan Wang, an associate professor of materials ...
Apr 19, 2006
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Trapping Erbium Atoms: The Impossible Made Possible
Recycling atoms? Can they do that? In a world where nearly everything can be reused, scientists are moving forward with a novel approach to using Magneto-Optical Traps (MOTs) to, in effect, recycle atoms. In a Letter published ...
Asteroid and comet impacts led to primitive life
Australian National University scientists have observed a link between asteroid and comet bombardment of the Earth and the emergence of primitive bacterial life forms in the ancient oceans billions of years ago.
Apr 19, 2006
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Scientists Study Health Benefits of Exercise on Astronauts
NASA has teamed up with two universities to study ways to reduce the adverse effects of space travel has on astronauts' physical heath.
Apr 19, 2006
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Huge meat-eating dinosaur uncovered
Move over T. rex, there's a new king of the Cretaceous. A University of Alberta paleontologist was part of a team to unveil what may be one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs known.
Apr 19, 2006
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Chernobyl: 20 years later
Chernobyl, the most significant accident in nuclear history, took place on 26 April 1986. Even 20 years later, the accident has left the world with many unanswered questions about its impact on human health, the environment, ...
Apr 19, 2006
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Current cancer therapy may become obsolete
A Washington University study in St. Louis suggests cancer therapy based on a tumor's anatomical location may soon become obsolete.
Apr 19, 2006
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