Newswise - Scinews

Monday th 20th of July 2009

Scientists Present First Genetic Evidence for Why Placebos Work - 13:56

Businessweek Senior Correspondent Wins Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award - 13:56

Researchers Discover New Molecular Pathway for Targeting Cancer, Disease - 12:49

Team Gains Insight Into HIV Vaccine Failure - 12:49

UNC Wilmington Receives $15 Million Grant for MARBIONC Facility - 12:49

Friday th 17th of July 2009

Tennessee Tech University Receives More than Quarter Million Dollars for Wind Power Research - 15:35

Apollo 11 Moon Rocks Still Crucial 40 Years Later, Say Researchers - 13:42

Sulfate Lens Enhances Climate Warming Properties of Atmospheric Soot - 12:35

'Weedy' Bird Species May Win as Temperatures Rise - 12:35

Professor's Research Reveals Ectotherms in Peril - 12:35

Solar Cycle Linked to Global Climate, Drives Events Similar to El Nino, La Nina - 12:35

Economics Prof A Source for Ongoing Coverage of Climate Change - 12:35

Mount Holyoke College Offers Experts on Climate Change - 12:35

Texas Tech Researcher: Climate Change Impacts Where Americans Live and Work - 12:35

Canada Gains New Research and Product Development Centre for Nanotechnology - 12:35

Invasive Species Threaten Critical Habitats, Oyster Among Victims - 11:49

The Fancier the Cortex, the Smarter the Brain? - 09:35

Scientists Assess the 2008 Myanmar Cyclone Disaster - 08:49

Thursday th 16th of July 2009

President Honors Outstanding Early Career Scientists - 23:49

New Science of Learning Offers Preview of Tomorrow's Classroom - 13:42

'Motion Picture' of Past Warming Paves Way for Snapshots of Future Climate Change - 13:42

Learning Is Social, Computational, Supported by Neural Systems Linking People - 13:42

Study Reveals Lizard Tucks Legs and Swims Through Sand - 13:42

Johns Hopkins Researchers Remember "One Giant Leap for Mankind" - 13:42

Evolution Flashback: Ecologist Brings Century-old Eggs to Life - 13:42

Ursano to Lead Largest Ever Study of Suicide in the Military - 12:56

New Pheromone Helps Female Flies Tell Suitors to 'Buzz Off' - 11:49

Wednesday th 15th of July 2009

Vitamin D, Curcumin May Help Clear Amyloid Plaques Found in Alzheimer's - 12:35

Team Sequences Genome of Parasite that Affects 200 Million Worldwide - 12:35

Timing Is Everything: Growth Factor Keeps Brain Development on Track - 11:49

New Seasonal Hurricane Forecasting Model - 11:49

Summer Is Here and the Mercury Is Rising...Literally - 10:42

Could Cannon Balls from the Early 19th Century Sink Warships? - 08:49

Tuesday th 14th of July 2009

Researchers Find Adult Brain Changes with Unsuspected Speed - 16:42

Deer, Monkeys, Birds Also Bark to Handle Conflict - 13:35

Monell Center Recruits Pioneering Molecular Biologist Robert Margolskee - 12:49

Wood Stoves - A Viable Home Heat Source? - 12:49

Reintroduced Chinese Alligators Now Multiplying in the Wild in China - 12:49

$20 Million NIH Grant to Transform Clinical Research at UIC - 12:49

Students Design More Efficient, Affordable Lighting for Sub-Saharan Africans - 11:42

$29.4 Million Grant Establishes CTSI at NYU in Partnership with HHC - 11:42

New Tools For Discovering DNA Variations In Crop Genomes - 11:42

Forming an Amazon Rainforest Microbial Observatory - 10:35

Monday th 13th of July 2009

World Stem Cell Summit to be held in Baltimore - 23:42

Researchers Map How Staph Infections Alter Immune System - 23:42

'Lipstick on a Pig' - Tracking the Life and Death of News - 19:35

105-Day Mars Simulation: U.S. Studies Focus on Improving Work Performance - 19:35

Diet May Contribute Significantly to Body Burden of Flame Retardants - 15:28

Chemical Concentrations Do Not Decrease During Lactation - 15:28

Perimeter Institute's Freddy Cachazo Wins Major Prize - 14:42