http://www.ccnmag.com Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:54:48 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/genetic_variant_increases_risk_of_common_type_stroke A genetic variant that increases the risk of a common type of stroke has been identified by scientists CalTechNews Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:12:11 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/severed_nerves_heal_and_use_limb_days_later_ American scientists believe a new procedure to repair severed nerves could result in patients recovering in days or weeks, rather than months or years. CalTechNews Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:01:45 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/scientists_create_first_atomic_x-ray_laser Scientists working at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have created the shortest, purest X-ray laser pulses ever achieved, fulfilling a 45-year-old prediction and opening the door to a new range of scientific disc CalTechNews Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:31:05 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/women_feel_pain_more_intensely_than_men_ Women report more intense pain than men in virtually every disease category, according to Stanford University School of Medicine investigators who mined a huge collection of electronic medical records to establish the broad gender difference to a high lev CalTechNews Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:35:45 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/_bubblegrams_reveal_inner_workings_of_viruses Since the discovery of the microscope, scientists have tried to visualize smaller and smaller structures to provide insights into the inner workings of human cells, bacteria and viruses CalTechNews Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:04:13 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/a_little_alcohol_doubles_worm_s_lifespan Minuscule amounts of ethanol, the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, can more than double the life span of a tiny worm known as Caenorhabditis elegans, which is used frequently as a model in aging studies CalTechNews Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:01:01 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/star_trek-style_hand-held_medical_scanners_ Scientists have developed a new way to create Terahertz waves (T-rays) that may one day lead to biomedical detective devices similar to the 'tricorder' scanner used in Star Trek CalTechNews Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:55:00 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/evil_twins_to_evade_the_body_s_defenses An unusual regulatory mechanism that controls the swimmer/non-swimmer option in genetically identical Salmonella also impacts the bacteria's ability to cause infection CalTechNews Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:20:45 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/new_disinfection_technique_could_revolutionize_hospital_room_cleaning A Queen's University infectious disease expert has collaborated in the development of a disinfection system that may change the way hospital rooms all over the world are cleaned as well as stop bed bug outbreaks in hotels and apartments CalTechNews Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:16:55 +0100 http://www.ccnmag.com/article/new_compound_defeats_drug-resistant_bacteria Chemists at Brown University have synthesized a new compound that makes drug-resistant bacteria susceptible again to antibiotics. The compound -- BU-005 -- blocks pumps that a bacterium employs to expel an antibacterial agent called chloramphenicol CalTechNews Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:50:53 +0100