Women professorships low in some Scandinavian universities due to sexism
Despite a global reputation for gender equality, certain Scandinavian countries disadvantage female scholars with sexist attitudes towards 'women-friendly' work policies.
Pioneering self-contained 'smart village' offers world model for rural poverty relief
California innovation experts counseling Malaysia's development drive
UK science to be freely available
The government is to develop plans to make publicly funded research results freely available to all.
US approves HIV-prevention drug
US health regulators have for the first time approved a drug to prevent HIV infection.
Victory stance may be a universal gesture of triumph, not pride
When Olympic athletes throw up their arms, clench their fists and grimace after a win, they are displaying triumph through a gesture that is the same across cultures, a new study suggests.
New Cancer Threat Lurks Long After Cure
Secondary cancers now make up the sixth-most-common group of malignancies
Fungus Makes Manganese Manage Mine Mess
Fungi and bacteria produce superoxide that makes manganese into an environmental cleanup star. Cynthia Graber reports
Musical glove improves sensation, mobility for people with spinal cord injury
Georgia Tech researchers have created a wireless, musical glove that may improve sensation and motor skills for people with paralyzing spinal cord injury (SCI).
Stanford researchers calculate global health impacts of the Fukushima nuclear disaster
Radiation from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster may eventually cause anywhere from 15 to 1,300 deaths and from 24 to 2,500 cases of cancer, mostly in Japan, Stanford researchers have calculated.
Experimental drug may extend therapeutic window for stroke
Clinical safety trials in humans to start this summer
Drug shown to improve memory in those with Down syndrome
Milestone in research aimed at boosting cognition
Two biological risk factors for schizophrenia linked
Researchers have discovered a relationship between two well-established biological risk factors for schizophrenia previously believed to be independent of one another
Why is Earth so dry? Planet formed from rocky debris in hotter region, inside of solar system's 'snow line'
Astronomers have been puzzled by Earth's water deficiency.
Closer to a cure? Chemists synthesize compound that flushes out latent HIV
Stanford chemists have synthesized a compound that flushes out latent HIV
Mostly the Big-Brained Survive
Animals' brain-to-body size ratio predicts their likelihood of extinction, a new analysis finds
Researchers identify mechanisms that allow embryonic stem cells to become any cell in the human body
New research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds light on pluripotency
Researchers publish results of an iron fertilization experiment
The results, which were published in the scientific journal Nature, provide a valuable contribution to a better understanding of the global carbon cycle
Neanderthal dental tartar reveals evidence of medicine
The tartar on Neanderthal teeth has a tale to tell.
PSU study finds 'caffeinated' coastal waters
Possible sources include sewer overflows, septic tanks
Lungs respond to hospital ventilator as if it were an infection
When patients are placed on a mechanical ventilator for days at a time, their lungs react to the pressure generated
Efficacy of herbal remedies for managing insomnia
Approximately 1 in 3 Americans suffers from chronic sleep deprivation and another 10-15% of the population has chronic insomnia.
Short-term intestinal parasite infection triggers specific cytokines that can prevent the development of type 1 diabetes
Infection with intestinal worms may provide long-term protection against type I diabetes
Mild HIV type slows development of AIDS and makes new preventive treatments possible
A new study from Lund University in Sweden has opened the way for new approaches to slowing the development of AIDS in HIV-1-infected patients.
River networks on Titan point to a puzzling geologic history
Findings suggest the surface of Saturn's largest moon may have undergone a recent transformation
Numbers of blind are falling
The numbers of people in Germany who are blind or visually impaired is going down.
Tube map used to plot Londoners' life expectancy
A version of the Tube map has been produced to show how life expectancy varies from station to station.
Diamond in the rough: Half-century puzzle solved
A Yale-led team of mineral physicists has for the first time confirmed through high-pressure experiments the structure of cold-compressed graphite
Five potential habitable exoplanets now
New data suggest the confirmation of the exoplanet Gliese 581g and the best candidate so far of a potential habitable exoplanet
Overuse of deworming drugs led to widespread resistance among parasites
A long forgotten foe is beginning to reemerge on pastures and meadows around the world, and farmers are finding that they have no way to combat it
Highly transparent solar cells for windows that generate electricity
UCLA researchers have developed a new transparent solar cell that is an advance toward giving windows in homes and other buildings the ability to generate electricity while still allowing people to see outside.
Severe flu increases risk of Parkinson's
Severe influenza doubles the odds that a person will develop Parkinson's disease later in life, according to University of British Columbia researchers.
'She went blue and shook from head to toe'
Loud noises, unexpected movements or simply touching can be enough to trigger seizures in newborn babies with "startle disease".