Science Update

Healing Grapes

January 2, 2003

Grape seed extract can help wounds heal faster

January 1, 2003

Tracing the origins of sticky rice through genetics

December 30, 2002

Family in house with thousands of brown recluse spiders, no bites

December 26, 2002

Planet Earth is getting bigger around the middle

December 25, 2002

Assessing the genetic diversity of wild turkeys

December 23, 2002

Frogs can change the pitch/timing of their beeps to take advantage of reverb

December 19, 2002

A protein in the brains of hibernating squirrels can help treat stroke.

December 18, 2002

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding a program to assemble the tree of life.

December 17, 2002

Drugs like cocaine affect adolescent brains more than those of young children or adults.

December 16, 2002

Two colored dyes kill bacteria, viruses, and parasites donated blood.

December 12, 2002

The brain's medial prefrontal cortex is responsible for unlearning fear.

December 11, 2002

Immune cells in the eye could be used to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients.