A new study from American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has concluded that recruitment of “non-traditional” students into computer science studies and jobs will be critical in keeping the U.S. workforce strong. And yet, the report says, this growing pool of students often is overlooked and underserved by higher education, government and industry.
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Despite improvements in the catchers’ mitts used by professional baseball players, the gloves still do not adequately protect players’ hands from injury, according to a study by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
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A new study shows, for the first time, that the release of the body’s own marijuana-like compounds is crucial to stress-induced analgesia — the body’s way of initially shielding pain after a serious injury. The work, led by scientists at the University of Georgia and the University of California, Irvine, may yield a target for new drug therapies that will completely bypass the current arguments over the use of medical marijuana.
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A new study suggests antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables may limit brain damage from stroke and other neurological disorders.
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NASA has cleared the Space Shuttle to Return to Flight. After a two-day Flight Readiness Review meeting at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, senior managers approved a July 13 launch date for Discovery.
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A recent population-based study in a small town in Southern Italy found that one in eight residents had abnormal liver tests. While alcohol consumption was the most common causative factor, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an increasingly prevalent source of the problem.
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Efforts to halt a fungus that deprives about 60 million people a year of food have led Purdue University scientists to discover the molecular machinery that enables the pathogen to blast its way into rice plants.
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Professor Terry Cosgrove has developed a new polymer which would make chewing gum much easier to clean off the streets, thereby saving the taxpayer millions of pounds in cleaning costs. Similar techniques in controlling adhesiveness will be applied to other materials in coating surfaces in hospitals, medical devices, and for anti-graffiti paints and industrial coatings.
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Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard — who is not famous because of his sources in the world of rock ‘n’ roll — recently (a) broke a big story without knowing it or (b) made the kind of picky mistake that U2 fans get hot and bothered about. I am wondering if anyone else out […]
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Investigators in a number of countries, including the United States, swoop down on suspected online piracy groups, shutting down at least eight major distribution servers.
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