A study from University of Houston recommends a different approach in developing drugs to treat Alzheimer’s, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and other cardiovascular diseases. An interview was published on Nature Reviews Drug Discovery magazine for their October issue stated that the scientists from the Center for Nuclear Receptors and Cell Signaling (CNRCS) at UH are finalizing the results of their study that was conducted in 1996.
Karen Mae Cordon
Oct 22, 2011
The mystery of how water was able to survive Earth's fiery past has always baffled scientists. Earth had been a very hot planet and any water would have simply evaporated. A European team of astronomers may have the answer to the age-old riddle with a discovery of a reservoir of water vapor in space.
ranina sanglap
Oct 22, 2011
Experts doing research on sexually-transmitted diseases have made some progress with the discovery of a vaginal gel that could possibly lessen the frequency of genital herpes among females.
Joseph Alan Alonso
Oct 21, 2011
Nothing rallies scientists together more than the possibility that their carefully ordered universe will undergo a shift in reality. Physicists from around the world are now presenting theories that debunk the discovery of faster than light neutrinos.
ranina sanglap
Oct 21, 2011
China is on the course to becoming the world’s space superpower and this interest could be due to the moon’s abundance of helium-3 to be used as fuel for nuclear fusion, while the moon’s raw materials could be turned into the water, oxygen, building materials and rocket fuel needed for human exploration.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 21, 2011
The Antarctic ozone hole reached its annual peak on Sept. 12, spreading wide during the Southern Hemirsphere spring. The ozone hole stretched to 10.05 million square miles, the ninth largest ozone hole on record
Lawrence Villamar
Oct 21, 2011
Space debris can be turned into space resource when a new program that seeks to recycle still-functioning pieces of defunct satellites into usable satellite parts or even a completely new spacecraft gets into the works.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 21, 2011
NASA has released a series of pictures from satellite data visualizations that show how tens of millions of fires look from outer space. The fire observations by the MODearate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS for short, help scientists understand the effects of fire on the Earth's environment from local to global scales.
Oct 21, 2011
Researchers have forecasted a continuous rise in water level in the coming centuries due to global warming.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 21, 2011
Studies have shown that computer games are the latest therapy in treating Parkinson’s disease. A study led by the UCSF School of Nursing along with Red Hills Studios, a California games developer, found out that physical therapy computer games can help victims of Parkinson’s disease to enhance their balance and improve their gait.
Karen Mae Cordon
Oct 21, 2011
Oxygen-breathing bacteria may have lived on land 100 million years sooner than previously thought.
ranina sanglap
Oct 20, 2011
Despite the criticisms that the Labor government received for the proposed carbon tax, four major global green investment groups backed the carbon tax and said it will provide economic benefits to Australia.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 20, 2011
Mark your calendars. October 21 is the end of the world, at least according to U.S. Christian broadcaster Harold Camping
ranina sanglap
Oct 20, 2011
Recently, scrotal elephantiasis caught the attention of people, especially men, worldwide. This happened after Wesley Warren Jr, a brave man from Los Angeles, exposed his unusual condition on Howard Stern’s radio and even on national television. He is hoping to raise $1 million for a surgery that will treat his swelling scrotum.
Karen Mae Cordon
Oct 20, 2011
Several research studies have revealed cave-like formations about a meter deep in the moon which scientists believe were actually entrances to a complex labyrinth of lunar tunnels.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 20, 2011
The formation of the youngest plant from gas and dust was captured by a University of Hawaii astronomer Adam Kraus.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 20, 2011
More Australians are taking public transportation to move around and biking to reach their destinations. The shift toward more environment-friendly and healthier transport options is one of the findings of the State of Australian Cities 2011 report released on Thursday.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 20, 2011
German satellite ROSAT is expected to fall directly on earth this weekend. A month ago, scientists and space experts were all worried about a deadly collision with the UARS satellite from NASA. And ROSAT is another falling junk that people should worry about.
Karen Mae Cordon
Oct 20, 2011
Space tourists will soon be able to fly to suborbital space to experience moments of weightlessness and feel the thrill of seeing the Earth.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 20, 2011
Some people panicked when soothsayers predicted that the approach of Comet Elenin would trigger catastrophic earthquakes and tsunamis, or worse, suggesting that Elenin was not a comet but a rogue planet called Nibiru that would usher in the Apocalypse.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 20, 2011
The impact of a giant meteorite hitting the Earth may resemble a volcanic eruption.
Genalyn Corocoto
Oct 20, 2011
Will government regulation on laser hair removal protect people from being burned as they have unwanted hair removed? If you asked consumer magazine Choice Australia, the answer will be yes.
Lawrence Villamar
Oct 20, 2011
Looks like the Space Race isn't over after all. The United States may have put the first man on the moon by Russian scientists and cosmonauts are now looking to start the first lunar base.
ranina sanglap
Oct 20, 2011
Oil and containers that have fallen off the ill-fated cargo ship Rena have begun washing up more than 130 kilometres away on scenic East Cape beaches.
Arlene Paredes
Oct 19, 2011
Newsweek releases its 2011 Green Rankings. What other U.S. companies are seriously green?
Jamelle Agbuis
Oct 19, 2011
Northern Queensland received a record 112 millimetres of rain on Tuesday in just 13 hours from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. The rainfall broke the 1964 record of 86.6 mm.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 19, 2011
A 3.3 magnitude earthquake struck Adelaide CBD, waking up residents at 2:22am Wednesday. The shallow quake was felt across the city for about five seconds, with the epicentre believed to be in the south eastern suburb of Upper Sturt, according to ABC news.
Arlene Paredes
Oct 19, 2011
Earlier this year, Enrique Lucero Leon, a fisherman in California, brought home something unexpected after fishing – a 22 inch albino Cyclops shark. It happened in July but photos released on the internet are still catching people’s attention.
Karen Mae Cordon
Oct 19, 2011
Controversy appears to await Queen Elizabeth even before she arrived on Wednesday night in Canberra. An animal rights group is threatening to hold a protest while Queensland flood victims feel slighted by the non-inclusion of their area in what could be the royal's last visit to Australia.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 19, 2011
Governments and private health institutions around the world have been engaged in a battle to fight Malaria, a disease that kills more than 1 million people annually and second to Tuberculosis in as far as effects on world health is concerned.
Joseph Alan Alonso
Oct 19, 2011
