Which anti-HIV drug combinations work best and why?
Using a mathematical formula AIDS experts have calculated precisely how well dozens of such anti-HIV drugs work, alone or in any of 857 likely combinations, in suppressing the virus.
Microbiologist suggests hospitals open windows to reduce bacterial infections
A microbiologist suggested hospital administrators take note of what nurse Florence Nightingale preached; open the windows to let in fresh air when tending to the sick, and they will heal better.
Cold and spellbinding: An alignment of planets in the sunset sky
Note to sky watchers: Put on your winter coats. What you're about to read might make you feel an uncontrollable urge to dash outside.
Polarized Display Sheds Light on Octopus and Cuttlefish Vision-and Camouflage
Octopuses are purportedly colorblind, but they can discern one thing that we can't: polarized light. This extra visual realm might give them a leg (er, arm) up on some of the competition.
Mars rocks indicate relatively recent quakes, volcanism, on Red Planet
Images of a martian landscape offer evidence that the Red Planet's surface not only can shake like the surface of Earth, but has done so relatively recently.
Bipolar drug fixes damaged nerves to restore movement
Sometimes salt is the good guy, in some forms anyway.
There's More to Nothing Than We Knew
Why is there something, rather than nothing at all?
Hepatitis C Now Killing More Americans Than HIV
Now a different infectious disease is quietly killing even more people than HIV is: Hepatitis C
Scripps research scientists unlock evolutionary secret of blood vessels
The ability to form closed systems of blood vessels is one of the hallmarks of vertebrate development.
Drexel engineers develop cement with 97 percent smaller CO2 and energy footprint
Drexel engineers have found a way to improve upon ordinary Portland cement (OPC), the glue that's bonded much of the world's construction since the late 1800s.
Influenza vaccination of pregnant women helps their babies
Randomized controlled trial
How Did Human Brains Get to Be so Big?
New research points to an ancient energy tradeoff that meant more fuel for brains, and less fuel for muscles.
Recipe for success: Recycled glass and cement
MSU researchers have found that concrete is more durable when crushed glass is added to the cement used to make the concrete.
Aspirin Shows Promise in Limiting Cancer for Women Who Have H.I.V., Scientists Say
Aspirin should be evaluated for its potential to prevent cervical cancer in women infected with H.I.V., say scientists who recently reported a connection between the virus and inflammation of cervical tissue.
Many women having a heart attack don't have chest pain
Two out of five women having a heart attack do not experience chest pain, according to a new study.
Superbugs from space offer new source of power
Bacteria normally found 30km above the earth have been identified as highly efficient generators of electricity.
Study confirms that road users are jamming GPS signals
The first direct evidence of GPS jammers in use on British roads will be presented today alongside predictions of a major incident involving ships in the English Channel over the next decade caused by disruption to navigation signals.
The myth of the eight-hour sleep
We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night - but it could be good for you. A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural.
Experts Tell the Truth about Pot
Marijuana use can be problematic but only rarely leads to addiction
Research links uplifting continents to crashes in biodiversity on Earth
A mysterious cycle of booms and busts in marine biodiversity over the past 500 million years could be tied to a periodic uplifting of the world's continents, scientists report in the latest issue of The Journal of Geology.
Drug combination domino effect destroys pancreatic cancer cells
Scientists have revealed how a combination of two very different drugs amplifies the destruction of pancreatic cancer cells
Is there a general motivation center in the depths of the brain?
A team have identified the part of the brain driving motivation during actions that combine physical and mental effort: the ventral striatum.
Theory of the 'rotting' Y chromosome dealt a fatal blow
If you were to discover that a fundamental component of human biology has survived virtually intact for the past 25 million years, you'd be quite confident in saying that it is here to stay.
The heart beats to the rhythm of a circadian clock
Sudden cardiac death - catastrophic and unexpected fatal heart stoppage - is more likely to occur shortly after waking in the morning and in the late night.
Elsevier Boycott Not a Petition, But “A Declaration of Independence”
So says computer programmer and sauropod fan Mike Taylor in a particularly rich rallying cry at Discover's "The Crux" blog.
Old-fashioned fish regrow fins
Fish from an ancient line can regenerate lost limbs with newt-like flair
Men's legs may be new source for hair transplants
Hairlines require finer strands and for some patients legs offer a good supply, report shows.
Aspirin as good as Plavix for poor leg circulation: study
Both work equally well in condition that causes pain while walking.
Opinion: H5N1 flu is just as dangerous as feared, now requires action
Scientists present their case that H5N1 is a very dangerous virus based on analysis of published studies of the seroepidemiology of H5N1 in humans
Blood mystery solved
2 new blood types decoded
Plate tectonics modelled realistically
Swiss scientists have for the first time succeeded in realistically simulating how an oceanic plate sinks of its own accord under an adjacent plate.
Blame dark matter underdog for mystery missing lithium
AN UNDERDOG dark-matter particle could explain why the universe seems strangely low on lithium.
"Open Source" Drug Development Company Launched
If computer coders can do open source, so can drug developers
How heavy and light isotopes separate in magma
Mass wins the race toward cool -- and leaves a clue to igneous rock formation
Could rosemary scent boost brain performance?
Hailed since ancient times for its medicinal properties, we still have a lot to learn about the effects of rosemary.
European Neanderthals were on the verge of extinction even before the arrival of modern humans
New findings from an international team of researchers show that most Neanderthals in Europe died off around 50,000 years ago.
Mass. General researchers isolate egg-producing stem cells from adult human ovaries
Findings support continued egg-cell production throughout reproductive life
Apologies: Do They Make It All Better?
At their best, public apologies restore relationships or even improve them. At their worst...