Archive: 20/06/2013
54 percent of pregnant women use insecticides that are harmful to the foetus
Pregnancy and infancy are the periods of greatest vulnerability to the use of household insecticides. This is one of the findings of the first study of its kind to be carried out in Spain, which concludes that more than half ...
Jun 20, 2013
Newly published research explores beliefs about sexual orientation
How to assess what people believe about sexual orientation is the focus of newly published research led by Patrick Grzanka, honors faculty fellow at Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University.
Jun 20, 2013
'Big data' technology shows promise in breast cancer research
Only eight months into its $100 million, five-year enterprise analytics effort, UPMC and its research partners at the University of Pittsburgh are starting to see the potential of this "big data" technology for accelerating ...
Jun 20, 2013
Nutrition experts offer tips on healthy summer eating for kids
(Medical Xpress)—Summer time can often be a free-for-all when it comes to children and their eating habits, said one University of Alabama nutrition expert. There are, however, several things parents can do to help make ...
Jun 20, 2013
Team creates realistic 3-D tumour through tissue engineering using silk scaffolds
A team of NUS researchers from the Departments of Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery has developed a highly realistic three-dimensional (3-D) tumour model. As it replicates the conditions in the body, it is able to track ...
Jun 20, 2013