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Speaking Freely Posted: 25 Feb 2015 03:57 AM PST Stuttering — a speech disorder in which sounds, syllables or words are repeated or prolonged — affects more The post Speaking Freely has been published on Technology Org.

NIBIB launches Want to Be a Bioengineer? game app Posted: 25 Feb 2015 03:27 AM PST How do you keep an artificial limb attached to the body? What lab-grown organ have scientists successfully transplanted The post NIBIB launches Want to Be a Bioengineer? game app has been published on Technology Org.

Daily menu plan reduces blood sugar significantly Posted: 25 Feb 2015 03:15 AM PST A large group of people with diabetes who followed a menu plan created by University of Alberta nutrition The post Daily menu plan reduces blood sugar significantly has been published on Technology Org.

UCSF Researchers Redefine Role of Brain’s ‘Hunger Circuit’ Posted: 25 Feb 2015 03:05 AM PST Using techniques developed only over the past few years, UC San Francisco researchers have completed experiments that overturn The post UCSF Researchers Redefine Role of Brain’s ‘Hunger Circuit’ has been published on Technology Org.

Mapping lizard venom makes it possible to develop new drugs Posted: 25 Feb 2015 03:01 AM PST Gila and beaded lizards are the classic venomous lizards. However, it was recently shown that venom is also The post Mapping lizard venom makes it possible to develop new drugs has been published on Technology Org.

UW to test ‘breakthrough’ pediatric leukemia treatment Posted: 25 Feb 2015 02:45 AM PST A promising method of immunotherapy to treat children with relapsed acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is opening at the The post UW to test ‘breakthrough’ pediatric leukemia treatment has been published on Technology Org.

Airport screening for viruses misses half of infected travelers but can be improved Posted: 25 Feb 2015 02:31 AM PST In the past decade, the H1N1 virus and Ebola are just two of the diseases whose spread was The post Airport screening for viruses misses half of infected travelers but can be improved has been published onTechnology Org.

Cutting-edge technology optimizes cancer therapy with nanomedicine drug combinations Posted: 25 Feb 2015 02:27 AM PST In greater than 90 percent of cases in which treatment for metastatic cancer fails, the reason is that The post Cutting-edge technology optimizes cancer therapy with nanomedicine drug combinations has been published on Technology Org.

Boy or Girl? Lemur Scents Have the Answer Posted: 25 Feb 2015 02:23 AM PST Dozens of pregnancy myths claim to predict whether a mom-to-be is carrying a boy or a girl. Some The post Boy or Girl? Lemur Scents Have the Answer has been published on Technology Org.

Understanding Adaptive Capacity Posted: 25 Feb 2015 02:21 AM PST As ocean acidification and warming continue to increase due to climate change, how will California fisheries respond? UC The post Understanding Adaptive Capacity has been published on Technology Org.

U.Va. Prevents Diabetic Heart Condition by Amplifying Effect of Exercise Posted: 25 Feb 2015 02:04 AM PST A researcher at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has magnified a benefit of exercise in mice The post U.Va. Prevents Diabetic Heart Condition by Amplifying Effect of Exercise has been published onTechnology Org.

Scientist gets $2 million grant to study childhood rotavirus Posted: 25 Feb 2015 01:58 AM PST Sarah McDonald, an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, recently received a $2 million, five-year The post Scientist gets $2 million grant to study childhood rotavirus has been published on Technology Org.

Navigating nerve fibres take different shapes Posted: 25 Feb 2015 01:52 AM PST An analysis of how nerve fibres make vital connections during brain development could aid the understanding of how The post Navigating nerve fibres take different shapes has been published on Technology Org.

Life science researchers discover possible drug target to combat sleeping sickness Posted: 25 Feb 2015 01:50 AM PST Virginia Tech biochemists are trying to deliver a stern wake-up call to the parasite that causes sleeping sickness. The post Life science researchers discover possible drug target to combat sleeping sickness has been published on Technology Org.

Undergrad finds how jumping fish navigate land to find new pools Posted: 25 Feb 2015 01:43 AM PST A 3-inch East Coast killifish can jump across land and navigate from one tide pool to another – The post Undergrad finds how jumping fish navigate land to find new pools has been published on Technology Org.

Unexpected Outcomes for Elderly Couples Who Stop Driving Posted: 25 Feb 2015 01:31 AM PST The ability to drive can be central to a person’s identity and can be an important expression of The post Unexpected Outcomes for Elderly Couples Who Stop Driving has been published on Technology Org.

SREL researchers develop targeted approach to reduce rabies Posted: 25 Feb 2015 01:04 AM PST Researchers at the University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory are evaluating new methods to reduce the spread The post SREL researchers develop targeted approach to reduce rabies has been published on Technology Org.

UGA researchers discover new clues for treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacteria Posted: 25 Feb 2015 12:58 AM PST Researchers at the University of Georgia have identified a previously unknown process that many bacteria, including those that The post UGA researchers discover new clues for treatment of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been published onTechnology Org.

Evolution and aquatic adaptation of mosasaur eye Posted: 25 Feb 2015 12:38 AM PST Mosasaurs (Squamata: Mosasauridae) were a group of aquatic lizards from 98 Ma to 66 Ma that exhibited a The post Evolution and aquatic adaptation of mosasaur eye has been published on Technology Org.

Younger women delay seeking help for heart attacks, study finds Posted: 25 Feb 2015 12:31 AM PST Younger women may ignore or dismiss the earliest symptoms of an impending heart attack, such as pain and The post Younger women delay seeking help for heart attacks, study finds has been published on Technology Org.

3D printed device to help nerves repair themselves Posted: 24 Feb 2015 09:06 PM PST Scientists at the University of Sheffield created a technique to help damaged nerves to repair themselves using 3D The post 3D printed device to help nerves repair themselves has been published on Technology Org.

Surge in e-cigarette use triggers new health research and calls for regulation Posted: 24 Feb 2015 08:54 PM PST Sales of e-cigarettes, which emerged on the U.S. market less than 10 years ago, are booming, reaching an The post Surge in e-cigarette use triggers new health research and calls for regulation has been published onTechnology Org.

New insight into a fragile protein linked to cancer and autism Posted: 24 Feb 2015 08:49 PM PST In recent years, scientists have found a surprising a connection between some people with autism and certain cancer The post New insight into a fragile protein linked to cancer and autism has been published on Technology Org.