Scanning technique can cut thalassaemia deaths by 70 percentOctober 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Reports indicate that a scanning technique developed by British scientists can cut thalassaemia deaths by 70 percent. Thalassaemia is an inherited disorder affecting the production of haemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that transports oxygen around the body, and thus causing anaemia.
New laser technique may be used to detect microbial life forms in Martian iceOctober 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have said that an innovative new laser technique could be used to detect microbial life forms in Martian ice. According to scientists, the technique, called L.I.F.E.
Indian-origin scientist's technique for better urinary continence after prostatectomySeptember 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An Indian-origin scientist, Vipul R. Patel, has found that the periurethral suspension technique leads to increased urinary continence rates at 3 months following robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP).
Quake experts develop new system to monitor underground movementsAugust 31st, 2009 LONDON - A five-strong group of scientists have developed a new technique that can monitor movements beneath the earth's surface to help understand how earthquakes behave. The scientists, led by Andrew Curtis, Professor of Mathematical Geoscience at Edinburgh University, used computers to simulate the motion of one earthquake at the location of another to discover more in-depth information about underground movements.
Why our red blood turns blue after entering veinsAugust 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Ever imagined why our blood, which is actually red in colour turns blue in veins? Well, it's because of the oxygen. According to experts, heart pumps blood to the lungs to pick up oxygen.
New 'biofactories' produce rare healing substances in endangered Devil's claw plantAugust 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A group of scientists has reported the development of new 'biofactories' which can produce rare healing substances in the endangered Devil's claw plant. The Devil's claw plant, which lies in Africa's Kalahari Desert, hold the key to effective treatments for arthritis, tendonitis and other illnesses that affect millions each year.
New laser technique may help find supernovasAugust 12th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have developed a laser technique that, in combination with standard techniques, would help to find supernovas. To find a supernova, the new technique would have to search for one single atom of a certain isotope of hafnium on Earth, which would prove that a supernova once exploded near our solar system.
Booze gives one a high in 6 minutes flatJune 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Alcohol can get to a person's head in just six minutes after taking a drink, according to researchers in Heidelberg. Using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), the scientists have shown that only six minutes after consuming an amount of alcohol-equivalent to three glasses of beer or two glasses of wine, which leads to a blood alcohol level of 0.05 to 0.06 percent-can cause changes in the brain cells.
Scientists track movement of atoms in real timeMay 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new technique tracks movement of freely moving single neutral atoms in real time, that is more than 99.7 percent accurate and sensitive enough to discern the arrival of a single atom in less than a millionth of a second. The system, developed by researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) in College Park and the Universidad de Concepcion in Chile, employs a novel means of altering the polarisation of laser light trapped between two highly-reflective mirrors, according to a JQI release.
Scientists develop technique to trace alien lifeApril 24th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers may be able to find extraterrestrial life even before it leaves its home planet -- by looking for left or right-handed light. The technique they have developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for detecting life elsewhere in the universe will not spot aliens directly.
Glow chemical in TV crime shows inspires medical detectivesMarch 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Inspired by detectives on TV shows who often spray crime scenes with a compound called luminol to make the blood glow, researchers are using the same compound to mark sites where the immune system attacks the body's own tissues, causing auto-immune diseases. The study authors from Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in St.
Use magnets to clean your bloodMarch 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - You can now use tiny magnets to clean your blood of pathogens, thus freeing yourself from the kind of septic infection that kills more than 200,000 people annually in the US, especially premature newborns and those with weakened immune systems. As existing treatments are ineffective, researchers at the Vascular Biology Programme at Children's Hospital Boston have hit upon magnets to free blood of pathogens.
Researchers locate what triggers breast, prostate cancersMarch 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers have identified what triggers breast and prostate cancers. Ercole Cavalieri and Eleanor Rogen of University of Nebraska Medical Centre, who conducted the research, were quoted as saying in a Nebraska release: 'We have found the first step that starts a cell down the road to becoming a cancer cell'.
New technique to track aerosol spread more accuratelyMarch 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Aerosols, those tiny, ubiquitous particles in the air, may profoundly affect global climate. But scientists have long struggled to measure their composition, size and global distribution accurately.
Harvard scientist fashions cheap, easy-to-use diagnostic testFebruary 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A Harvard scientist has developed a versatile and low cost test that can detect infectious or chronic diseases with only a tiny sample of urine or blood. George Whitesides, a Harvard University professor, is coupling advanced microfluidics with one of humankind's oldest technologies - paper.
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