Living in a home with multiple dogs may help reduce an infant’s risk for developing wheezing in the first year of life, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati. The researchers, led by David Bernstein, MD, have found that infants living in homes with high levels of endotoxins (bacterial contaminants) and multiple dogs were more than two times less likely to wheeze than other infants.
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Scientists are proposing that dietary fats can affect how well our immune system works and have discovered that one of the earliest steps in immune system activation relies on a molecule that binds fats.
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Using an ultra-stable laser to manipulate strontium atoms trapped in a “lattice” made of light, scientists at JILA (a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado at Boulder) have demonstrated the capability to produce the most precise “ticks” ever recorded in an optical atomic clock–techniques that may be useful in time keeping, precision measurements of high frequencies, and quantum computers using neutral atoms as bits of information.
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A team of researchers at UCSF is seeking young women to participate in the first US study of the safety of a new a vaginal gel designed to prevent herpes and HIV infection.
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Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have visualized in a living animal how cells use a critical biological process to dice and splice genetic material to create unique and varied proteins.
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This week, the British Medical Journal reveals serious concerns about a study on sudden infant deaths which was used as evidence in several high profile murder appeals. In a special report, freelance journalist Jonathan Gornall raises questions about the paper’s findings and asks was the message of this study misleading.
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Everything about Dream Arcades’ home entertainment center is huge: the 100-inch screen, the list of included classic titles, the $4,500 price tag. In Gear Factor.
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Inbox brimming with penny stock recommendations? The deluge baffles execs at some of the companies touted so gracelessly. In Epicenter.
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Readers fire off a few comments on sci-fi past and present, and reminisce on a trip to a SubAtomic Inferno. Plus: Links to our most commented-upon blog posts.
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The pop star swears by a free iTunes plug-in that can help create playlists centered on any song, but results are mixed. In Listening Post.
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