Researchers have discovered that the protein resistin, which is secreted by fat tissue, causes high levels of "bad" cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein or LDL), increasing the risk of heart disease…

The Swedish company Laccure AB recently got CE marking as a Class IIa medical device product for its treatment and prevention of bacterial vaginosis (BV) with a proven cure rate of 80 percent…

Are you healthier if you eat cupcake from a mix you buy in a grocery store, which would be required to have a GMO label if California's Proposition 37 passes, or an 'organic' cupcake from Whole Foods…

Watching single strands of DNA being prepped for repair may help researchers understand the origins of breast cancer. In a new study, graduate student Jason Bell imaged individual strands of…

Professor Marie-Pierre Laborie of the University of Freiburg and professors Antonio Pizzi and Alain Celzard from the French Université de Lorraine bagged almost $20,000 in prize money and the…

A little over a year ago I wrote about the continued disturbing trend in government subsidies of 'magic rocks' while claiming they were science - in that instance, commercial solar companies that…

The scientization of politics is taking a cultural or political world view and rationalizing it using science. Since it is election time in America, it has been open season on Republicans, with…

With Halloween just around the corner, storefronts, lawn ornaments, and general décor have adjusted to reflect our temporary obsession with creepy-crawlies, scary monsters, and death.  The…

Let me write here a short note -just for the record- to mention a proceedings paper I wrote for the ICFP 2012 conference. I spoke in Crete last June about the latest results of the CMS experiment,…

Advanced sensors that monitor extreme pressure and temperature in underground caverns used to store carbon dioxide might be on their way. CO2 emitted from the combustion of fossil fuels has…