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Science 2014-01-17

Special yeast reduce alcohol, improve wine

Special yeast reduce alcohol, improve wine A team of Australian researchers has taken a giant step towards controlling a growing problem in the wine community. They have identified special yeast that produce a lower level of alcohol, helping to preserve the ...
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Environment 2014-01-17

Big-headed fossil flies track major ecological revolution

Big-headed fossil flies track major ecological revolution Simon Fraser University's Bruce Archibald and Rolf Mathewes are part of a team of biologists, including Christian Kehlmaier from Germany's Senkenberg Natural History Collections, that has discovered three new, ...
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Medicine 2014-01-17

Statin use reduces delirium in critically ill patients

Statin use reduces delirium in critically ill patients Continued use of statins may help prevent delirium in critically ill patients who received statins before hospital admission, according to a new study of 470 intensive care patients in the UK. "This is the first ...
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Science 2014-01-17

Vitamin D supplements reduce pain in fibromyalgia sufferers

Vitamin D supplements reduce pain in fibromyalgia sufferers Researchers say Vitamin D may be cost-effective treatment or adjunct for patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and low vitamin D levels, reports PAIN® Philadelphia, January 17, 2014 – Patients with fibromyalgia ...
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Medicine 2014-01-16

2 diabetes studies in January 2014 Health Affairs

2 diabetes studies in January 2014 Health Affairs January articles examine the toll of diabetes, both in the US and abroad Poorer Americans: depleted food budgets can mean higher risk of hypoglycemia. For generations, economists have noted that low-income households spend ...
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Technology 2014-01-16

BYU's smart object recognition algorithm doesn't need humans

BYU's smart object recognition algorithm doesn't need humans Highly accurate system learns to decipher images on its own If we've learned anything from post-apocalyptic movies it's that computers eventually become self-aware and try to eliminate humans. BYU engineer ...
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Physics 2014-01-16

2-proton bit controlled by a single copper atom

2-proton bit controlled by a single copper atom Just a single foreign atom located in the vicinity of a molecule can change spatial arrangement of its atoms. In a spectacular experiment, an international team of researchers was able ...
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Space 2014-01-16

Himiko and the cosmic dawn

Himiko and the cosmic dawn Hubble and ALMA observations probe the primitive nature of a distant 'space blob' The Subaru Telescope, an 8.2-meter telescope operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, has been combing the night sky since 1999. ...
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Environment 2014-01-16

Megafloods: What they leave behind

Megafloods: What they leave behind South-central Idaho and the surface of Mars have an interesting geological feature in common: amphitheater-headed canyons. These U-shaped canyons with tall vertical headwalls are found near the Snake River in Idaho as well ...
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Medicine 2014-01-16

World's largest animal genome belongs to locust

World's largest animal genome belongs to locust Offering new insight into explaining their swarming and long-distance migratory behaviors January 14, 2014, Shenzhen, China - Researchers from Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, BGI and other institutes have successfully decoded ...
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