| Anthropologists finds high levels of omega-3 fatty acids in breast milk of Amerindian women Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:24 PM PDT Anthropologists have found high levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids in the breast milk of economically impoverished Amerindian woman as compared to women in the United States.  |
| New anti-cancer vaccine developed and tested Posted: 09 Jun 2012 12:23 PM PDT Researchers have developed and tested in mice a synthetic vaccine and found it effective in killing human papillomavirus-derived cancer, a virus linked to cervical cancers among others.  |
| Hubble spots a bright spark in a nearby spiral galaxy Posted: 09 Jun 2012 02:16 AM PDT A new image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows a detailed view of the spiral arms on one side of the galaxy Messier 99. Messier 99 is a so-called grand design spiral, with long, large and clearly defined spiral arms -- giving it a structure somewhat similar to the Milky Way. In recent years, a number of unexplained phenomena in Messier 99 have been studied by astronomers. Among these is the nature of one of the brighter stars visible in this image.  |
| Microbes discovered in extreme environment on South American volcanoes Posted: 08 Jun 2012 01:01 PM PDT Scientists looking for organisms that eke out a living in some of the most inhospitable soils on Earth has found a hardy few living on volcanoes that reaching nearly 20,000 feet in height.  |