“The society of the future will be even more knowledge-based than the present one. For that reason it is not only necessary to create the appropriate infrastructure, but also to ensure that existing knowledge is suitably prepared and made recognisable”, explains Prof. Hans-Joachim Grallert, Head of the Fraunhofer-Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI. In [...]
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Evidence of thong bridle use suggests horses may have been ridden as early as 5,500 years ago. Credit: Illustration by Sandra Olsen, Carnegie Museum of Natural History The earliest known domesticated horses were both ridden and milked according to a new report published in the March 6, 2009 edition of the journal Science. The findings [...]
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Revered in India as “holy powder,” the marigold-colored spice known as turmeric has been used for centuries to treat wounds, infections and other health problems. In recent years, research into the healing powers of turmeric’s main ingredient, curcumin, has burgeoned, as its astonishing array of antioxidant, anti-cancer, antibiotic, antiviral and other properties has [...]
Developing countries with extremely large debts have found it easier to obtain debt relief from the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the World Bank than countries with smaller debts. This is due, in part, to an established theoretical economic model which advises against debt relief in the case of smaller debts. A new economics thesis [...]
If plants could speak they will boast about being part of remedies such as the common aspirin to a leukaemia drug derived from the rosy periwinkle. Over a quarter of western medicines contain plant toxins some deriving from tropical forest species. Forest plants have been the source of the most effective drugs in the history [...]
Researchers have discovered that a long-defunct gene was resurrected during the course of human evolution. This is believed to be the first evidence of a doomed gene – infection-fighting human IRGM – making a comeback in the human/great ape lineage. The study, led by Evan Eichler’s genome science laboratory at the University of Washington and [...]
Tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta, sucks nectar from its favorite nectar source, the flower of sacred datura, Datura wrightii. Credit: Photo by Charles Hedgcock RBP Moths need just the essence of a flower’s scent to identify it, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson. Although a flower’s odor can be composed [...]
NEW YORK (March 5, 2009) — Two highly lethal viruses that have emerged in recent outbreaks are susceptible to chloroquine, an established drug used to prevent and treat malaria, according to a new basic science study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in the Journal of Virology. Due to the study’s significance, a manuscript [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Older, active people who have a drink or two might be more impaired afterward than they think, according to a report today from a University of Florida research group in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Although people 50 or older in the study metabolized alcohol similar to how younger [...]
