Health & Medicine

Physics

Obama pledges 3 percent of GDP for research

Pledges for big budget increases for research, permanent tax credits for reseach by industry and more were announced today.

Health & Medicine

Obama on the swine flu epidemic

New swine flu is "cause for concern," the President acknowledged this morning.

Health & Medicine

Birth control pills can limit muscle-training gains

Mildly 'androgenic' hormones in some birth-control pills appear to sabotage strength-building exercise.

Health & Medicine

Morning birds buckle under sleep pressure

Sleep pressure helps set the circadian clocks of early birds and night owls.

Humans

ED in women: Drugs for men might not help

Women can experience sexual dysfunction just as men can — and for much the same reason — but the little blue pill will likely not solve the problem, new animal data suggest.

Chemistry

Yeast bred to bear artificial vanilla

Researchers have co-opted fungi to produce the flavor more efficiently.

Animals

Ants do real estate the simple way

Tracking ants with anti-shoplifter RFID tags has inspired a new, simplified view of how a colony finds a home

Health & Medicine

Mom’s exercise helps fetal lungs mature

Cardiovascular exercise appears to benefit both mom and the baby she's carrying.

Agriculture

News from Experimental Biology

Senior editor Janet Raloff blogs from the 2009 meeting gathering dozens of societies together in New Orleans

Health & Medicine

Childhood leukemia worsened by genetic mutations

Mutations in JAK genes make childhood leukemia more dangerous and may offer a target for drug manufacturers.

Life

New neurons don’t heal

New neurons produced in the brain after a stroke don’t grow into all the cell types needed to heal the wound.

Health & Medicine

Coming: Ersatz calorie restriction

Avocados may hold a key to longer, better health.