Italian researchers have developed a novel approach for genetic screening for long QT syndrome (LQTS), an inherited disease that predisposes young individuals to cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death, according to a study in the December 21 issue of JAMA.
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A single unifying physics theory can essentially describe how animals of every ilk, from flying insects to fish, get around, researchers at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering and Pennsylvania State University have found. The team reports that all animals bear the same stamp of physics in their design.
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According to a large-scale study in Sweden, people who have been diagnosed with depression, especially younger patients between 25 and 50 years of age, are at increased risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD) later in life. Even after accounting for socioeconomic status and gender, the risk was greatest for those diagnosed before 40.
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From silicon photonics to social computing, Technology Review picks five of this year’s most significant advances in information technology.
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The coming year will see, among other things, more Web-based software applications, an explosion of personal videos online, and a change in the business of digital music.
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The Chronicles of Narnia continues to battle King Kong for the #1 movie title over the holidays.
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Pay-per-click advertising is big, big, big business. So are bogus hits on internet ads. It’s search giants against scam artists in an arms race that could crash the entire online economy. By Charles C. Mann of Wired magazine.
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Despite being hamstrung by federal rules that prevent it from issuing space-tourism regulations for eight years, the Federal Aviation Administration issues a stack of proposed rules for “space flight participants.”
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A day after the National Security Agency admitted it used banned cookies at its website, the White House acknowledges that an outside contractor has been tracking visits to its website. But no one’s copping to creating the cookies.
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Investigators at Seoul National University say Hwang Woo-suk lied about genetically matching human embryonic stem cells to specific patients. The announcement disappoints many who hoped his work would lead to cures for a variety of ailments.
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