Cancer Research

Mice Have Six Taste Buds Instead Of Five (And Maybe We Do Too)

Sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savory were the five taste sensations you probably learned in school but a group of chemists in Philadelphia say a new one should be added — "calcium." In a report today at the 236th National Meeting of the America ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2008 - 8:33pm

Do You Smell Skin Cancer?

Our skin has an 'odor profile' and that knowledge may open doors to early and noninvasive skin cancer detection and diagnosis, say researchers at the Monell Center, who used odors from skin to identify basal cell carcinoma, the most common form o ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2008 - 5:50pm

Structure Of Gold Nanoparticles Solved

The structure of gold nanoparticles has been largely unknown for over a decade. A current study helps to understand the stability, composition as well as electronic, chemical and optical properties of the particles. The research group, led by Professor Han ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2008 - 7:27pm

Extreme Fitness, Oxidative Stress And Training Your DNA

Unusually high levels of physical exertion do cause oxidative stress, but this does not result in any long-term damage to DNA, say the results of a new research project. As part of the project, 42 male athletes took part both in a triathlon and an extensiv ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2008 - 9:34am

Strategy For Charities: Want More Money? Ask People For Their Time

According to new research in the Journal of Consumer Research, simply asking people a question about whether they're willing to volunteer their time leads to increases in donations of both time and money. The researchers conducted three separate studi ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2008 - 11:51am

Est3 Protein Interaction With Telomeres May Provide Some Answers About Aging

It may take just one or two proteins to polish off a simple cellular task, but life-or-death matters, such as caring for the ends of chromosomes known as telomeres, require interacting crews of proteins, all with a common goal but each with a specialized t ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 24 2008 - 6:35pm

Judy Evans: A Starring Role On A BBC 'Women In Medicine' Documentary, An Embittered Sex Discrimination Case, And Life Since Then

ScientificBlogger Matthew Brown had the chance to sit down with Dr. Judy Evans, a Consultant Plastic Surgeon in the UK, to talk about her award-winning Women In Medicine documentary on the BBC, her sex discrimination and victimization court case, and her l ...

Article - Matthew Brown - Aug 25 2008 - 10:10pm

Happy Accidents: A Must-Read For Open Scientists

I usually limit my book reviews to Goodreads or Shelfari but this one deserves much more attention. In Happy Accidents: Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs; When Scientists Find What They're NOT Looking for, Morton Meyers reviews examples of t ...

Article - Jean-Claude Bradley - Aug 26 2008 - 10:11am

This Day In Science History: August 26th

Scientific happenings, big and small, on this day in history… But first, today’s quiz: What event, which took place on this day in 1883, produced the most violent explosion known in human history? You probably know the answer; it’s just a matter of thinkin ...

Article - Kimberly Crandell - Aug 26 2008 - 10:58pm

Evolution's Most Important Molecular Inventions

Most people probably think of change when they hear the word evolution, but some of evolution's most amazing molecular inventions have stuck around hundreds of millions, even billions of years. The complex protein machinery needed to express genes, me ...

Article - Michael White - Aug 27 2008 - 6:55pm