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Collider Triggers End-of-World Fears

TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Fri, 09/05/2008 - 10:20

Scientists are dismissing critics who warn that the Large Hadron Collider could create Earth-swallowing black holes



 

Down's signs 'seen in stem cells'

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Thu, 09/04/2008 - 20:36

Scientists in London have traced the embryonic changes that occur in children with Down's syndrome


 

Brain chemistry winter blues link

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Tue, 09/02/2008 - 02:54

Scientists have pinpointed seasonal changes in brain chemistry which may cause some people to get the winter blues.


 

Farm pregnancy 'cuts asthma risk'

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Sat, 08/30/2008 - 17:58

Living on a farm while pregnant may help cut the chance of the child developing asthma, eczema and even hayfever, say scientists.


 

Cancer spread 'happens earlier'

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Thu, 08/28/2008 - 18:08

Apparently "normal" cells may carry cancer to new sites long before a tumour develops, scientists say.


 

Tracking Alzheimer's-linked protein in live brains

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 08/28/2008 - 13:45

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists for the first time have peered into people's brains to directly measure the ebb and flow of a substance notorious for its role in Alzheimer's disease....


 

Life under the laser

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Wed, 08/27/2008 - 23:00

(University of Nottingham) Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed a unique technology that will allow scientists to look at microscopic activity within the body's chemical messenger system for the very first time, live as it happens.


 

Gene therapy 'may repair hearing'

BBC News | Health | World Edition  Wed, 08/27/2008 - 18:20

Scientists claim gene therapy has the potential to restore hearing in mice, offering hope for humans as well.


 

New role for natural killers!

EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases  Tue, 08/26/2008 - 23:00

(University of York) Scientists at the University of York have discovered a new role for a population of white blood cells, which may lead to improved treatments for chronic infections and cancer.


 

Bones get mended with high tech glass-of-milk

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 08/25/2008 - 23:00

(University of Warwick) Scientists at the new Nuclear-Magnetic Resonance unit at the University of Warwick have discovered how a high tech glass of milk is helping bones mend.