Using a powerful supercomputer, University of Florida researchers processed 140,000 prospective drug compounds to find one that dramatically lowers blood pressure, improves heart function, and prevents damage to the heart and kidneys in rats with persistent hypertension.

Bacteria that feed on seaweed could help in the disposal of pollutants in the world's oceans, according to a new study by researchers in China and Japan. The discovery is reported in the International Journal of Biotechnology, an Inderscience publication.

Bacteria that feed on seaweed could help in the disposal of pollutants in the world's oceans, according to a new study. Researchers explain that as marine pollution is on the increase novel approaches to removing toxic contaminants is becoming an increasingly pressing issue.

Women who alert authorities to their organizations' wrongdoing perceive they suffer more retaliation than do men, reports an initial study published in the current issue of Organization Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

The relatively recent expansion of China's overseas trade probably accounts for China's being less invaded than the United States by alien plants, but the potential for invasion of China by shrubs, trees, climbers and aquatic plants is high. Decisive action is needed now to avert potentially large economic losses from invasive plants in China and other countries in...

The relatively recent expansion of China's overseas trade probably accounts for China's being less invaded than the United States by alien plants, but the potential for invasion of China by shrubs, trees, climbers and aquatic plants is high. Decisive action is needed now to avert potentially large economic losses from invasive plants in China and other countries in Asia.

Researchers at McGill University and the McGill University Health Center have performed the world's first totally automated administration of an anesthetic. Nicknamed "McSleepy," the new system developed by the researchers administers drugs for general anesthesia and monitors their separate effects completely automatically, with no manual intervention.

It is thought that intestinal inflammatory conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease are exacerbated by depression. Now, new data have characterized a mechanism by which experimental conditions that induced depressive-like behaviors in mice increased susceptibility to intestinal inflammation. These data provide good rationale for future studies examining the clinical benefits of tricyclic...

Unlike adults, children younger than eight can't integrate different forms of sensory input to improve the accuracy with which they perceive the world around them, according to a pair of studies reported online in Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press, on May 1st.

Unlike adults, children younger than eight can't integrate different forms of sensory input to improve the accuracy with which they perceive the world around them, according to a pair of studies reported online in Current Biology, a publication of Cell Press, on May 1st.

Hewlett-Packard scientists said they have designed a device that they believe will make it possible to build tiny computers that could imitate biological functions.

Global temperatures may not rise for 10 years as natural cooling masks greenhouse warming, research suggests.

Researchers may have discovered a better way to distinguish acute leukemia patients who require aggressive treatment to prevent recurrence from those who need only standard therapy for cure. The study is published in the May 1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine with an accompanying editorial.

Pelvic organ prolapse - a tear or weakness in a woman`s pelvic floor muscles that allows her internal organs to fall outside the body - runs in families, a new Saint Louis University study finds.

Managing heat is a major challenge for engineers who work on devices from jet engines to personal electronics to nano-scale transistors.

(AP) -- A rarely displayed segment of the Dead Sea Scrolls will be part of an exhibition for President Bush and other dignitaries attending Israel's 60th anniversary celebrations next month, a museum official said Wednesday.

(AP) -- Sales of Blu-ray disc players haven't been helped by maker Toshiba's capitulation over producing the rival HD DVD format, research firm NPD Group said Wednesday.

(AP) -- Even criminal hackers want to protect their intellectual property, and they've come up with a method akin to copyrighting - with an appropriate dash of Internet thuggery thrown in.

AP - Authorities used baited hooks to catch sharks Wednesday near a Mexican beach where a U.S. surfer was killed in an attack.

(AP) -- EBay says Craigslist believed eBay broke an agreement not to engage in competitive activity and thereby lost rights granted to it as a shareholder.

A woman's voice becomes more alluring when she is at her most fertile, according to US research.

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A Calgary toddler has died after his family's 911 call via an internet phone service reached a call centre in another city, leaving them waiting for an ambulance, officials said Wednesday.

The silicon shortage that has kept solar electricity expensive is ending.