Jun 15, 2011
Sleep position in late pregnancy could decrease risk of late stillbirth
Women who go to sleep on their left side on the last night of their pregnancy have a halved risk of late stillbirth compared with women who do not acc...
Jun 15, 2011
Stem Cells from Patients Make ‘Early Retina in a Dish’
Soon, some treatments for blinding eye diseases might be developed and tested using retina-like tissues produced from the patient's own skin, thanks t...
Jun 14, 2011
Cruise to investigate impacts of ocean acidification
Southampton scientists have set sail on the first research cruise specifically to study ocean acidification in European waters.
Twenty-four scientist...
Jun 14, 2011
Cellular trash turns out to be treasure
Researchers at The University of Western Australia in collaboration with scientists at CSIRO Plant Industry have made a discovery that will change the...
Jun 14, 2011
Scientists from SEI help launch major climate study
Fast action on pollutants such as black carbon, ground level ozone and methane may help limit near term global temperature rise and significantly incr...
Jun 13, 2011
Life history may affect mutation rates in males more than in females
Scientists at Penn State have used large-scale DNA sequencing data to investigate, for the first time, a longstanding evolutionary assumption: that DN...
Jun 13, 2011
The 2011 International Symposium on Functional Polymers and Nanomedicine Held in Hangzhou
From May 16 to 18, the 2011 International Symposium on Functional Polymers and Nanomedicine was held in Hangzhou. The Symposium was organized by Cente...
Jun 10, 2011
The stuff of life hitched ride to Earth on asteroid
Detailed analysis of the most pristine meteorite ever recovered shows that the composition of the organic compounds it carried changed during the earl...
Jun 09, 2011
Postpartum depression study shows gene behavior differs by environment
A recently released paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), "The Role of Mother's Genes and Environment in Postpartum Dep...
