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Milk wrecks the health benefits of tea
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2007-1-9 9:01)
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Adding milk, whether first or second, was thought to be simply a matter of taste?now research shows milk proteins bind with key chemicals in tea
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Fresh fossils are best for DNA
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2007-1-9 7:00)
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DNA in fossils prepared for museum collections degrades about 70 times faster than in bones left buried in the ground
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Algal blooms hit beach lovers in the throat
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2007-1-9 7:00)
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The annual blooms off Florida?s coast, called?red tides?, throw toxins into the air which aggravate symptoms in asthma sufferers on nearby beaches
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Amphibians?the comeback kings of evolution
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2007-1-9 7:00)
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Genetic analysis of frog, salamander and toad DNA reveals a new story of amphibian evolution and population explosions
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Nanoscopic 'coaxial cable' transmits light
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2007-1-9 2:38)
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Miniscule metal cables capable of transmitting light could lead to innovations in solar cells, artificial retinas and quantum computing components
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The Higgs boson just got lighter
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2007-1-9 2:17)
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And the race to find it got a little tighter too, thanks to the most precise measurement yet of the mass of the W boson
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Rift Valley fever kills 75 in Kenya
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2007-1-9 0:47)
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Authorities begin a vaccination programme for at least a million livestock in the affected regions?there is no treatment for humans that contract the virus
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Invention: Cellphone sunscreen
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2007-1-8 22:41)
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This week's patent applications include a cellphone that provides tanning advice, a neat way to clear up oil slicks, and a wireless games controller from Sony
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Dark matter mapped in 3D for first time
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2007-1-8 8:27)
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The world's top observatories have made the first 3D charts of how dark matter is distributed in space and time, confirming standard theories and raising new questions
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Drug-resistant HIV battled in a new way
from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
(2007-1-8 3:00)
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A new test for drug-resistant HIV in the blood is 1000 times more sensitive than current methods?it could help patients get the right medicine faster
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