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As a consequence of Johnson and Johnson’s decline in value, the company is now worth $70 billion — still a substantial amount, but the...
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As a consequence of Johnson and Johnson’s decline in value, the company is now worth $70 billion — still a substantial amount, but the...
Cancer drugs vary in their mechanism of activity. Some are intended to attack the tumor from the outside whereas others are designed to attack...
Rice University scientists have created graphene nanoribbons coated with epoxy. In trials, the ribbon has proved effective for melting ice on helicopter blades. The...
Robotics is slowly advancing. In Japan, in particular, new robots are launched with much fanfare each year. An example recently was an android-like robot...
In the first major study to evaluate the biodiversity of arthropods in homes has found that we share our residences with over 500 different...
Whether depression can or cannot be diagnosed depends partly whether there is a leaning towards the psychiatric (mental illness is caused by an imbalance...
A neurotoxic amino acid called b-N-methylamino-L-alanine or BMAA has been long associated with health risks. The toxin is produced by cyanobacteria and is also...
In total, Johnson and Johnson is preparing to cut some 3,000 jobs. This equates to 2.5 percent of the New Jersey based pharmaceutical giant’s...
Cancer cells begin as normal cells. They go awry through an incorrect developmental step. The human body is composed of trillions of cells (somewhere,...
In an earlier article “what makes bad science” was discussed, together with examples of bad scientific practice, and we offered tips for critically reading...