Discovery

It was reported in Nanotech-now that a new type of laser has just been discovered. The new finding was found by the researchers from Princetown University. They discovered a new mechanism for making common electronic materials emit laser beams. They claimed that the new electronic laser beams will work more efficiently. It also works at higher [...]

In 2006, WHO reported evidence of limited human-to-human spread of H5N1 virus. In this situation, 8 people in one family were affected, with 7 deaths. This is the main reason, why Indonesia became the country with most cases of human H5N1 flu. Recently, NewScientist reported, in the latest World Health Organization meeting, there was a [...]

Researchers from a CNRS / Université Paris Diderot, led by Professor Hugues, found that retinoic acid and arsenic oxide induce the differentiation of malignant cells in acute promyelocytic leukemias. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) is characterized by an excess of immature and malignant cells. Leukemia known to be a cancer of the blood or bone marrow [...]

The radiation of cell phone has been found to affect animals memory. In the research held by the Division of Neurosurgery–Lund University, in Sweden–it was found that rats, the used object were exposed to mobile phone radiation for two hours a week for more than a year. The research led by Henrietta Nittby. She said [...]

A physical therapy is one of the important phase in the recovery process of patients who undergo joint replacement surgery. Usually, this process will take patients away from their bedside health monitors; but a new device is making it possible to safely monitor patients back to health. ScienceDaily reported that nowadays, surgeons have provided recent [...]

Many biotechnological processes in petrochemical industry are risky to environment. The process of making polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA for short) or acrylic glass, for instance. But recently, the researchers from University of Duisburg-Essen and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), finally found a new technology that is far more environmentally friendly in the making of [...]

In the journal Science appearing on October 10, 2008, Nina Schwalb and colleagues represent the researcher form Kiel University to show that they have succeeded to proof that DNA strands differ in their light sensitivity depending on their base sequences. It has been known before that DNA highly resistant against alteration by ultraviolet light. Human DNA, basically, [...]

During the past 20 years or so, obesity has become a world wide problem. It affects those people who fail to look after their health, especially their habit in eating, since obesity is intimately linked to food and fat. Again and again, there the word goes : fat. Why fat makes people have obesity? [...]

Based on a laboratory study using fresh human fat tissues, researcher from University of Cincinnati (UC) managed to find the implication of toxic plastic to metabolic syndrome in human. It was clearly stated that adiponectin, a hormon that responsible for regulating insulin sensitivity in the body and puts people at a substantially higher risk for metabolic [...]

Nowadays, many technologies have been developed to help arthritis sufferers. Then, bioengineers at Rice University recently discovered a new technology : using intense pressure to stimulates cartilage cells to grow new tissue with nearly all of the properties of natural cartilage, that’s why it’s called tissue-engineering method. It was reported in the ScienceDaily that the new [...]