Archive for February, 2008

How Bacteria In Cows’ Milk May Cause Crohn’s Disease

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Crohn’s disease, according to the original article, is a condition affecting one in every 800 people in the United Kingdom . The usual symptoms for this disease are chronic intestinal pain, inflammation, pain, diarrhea and bleeding. It is has no known cure at present. The research study mentioned in the article talks about a certain […]

Gene Mutation Responsible For Crohn’s Disease Inflammation Identified In Temple Study

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Researchers at the Temple University School of Medicine, according to the original article, has identified a gene mutation hat could be a key in the mutation of a gene that characterizes inflammation caused by Crohn’s disease. Crohn’s disease is an incurable disease which up to now has no known cause. It is a digestive disorder […]

Amber Reveals Ecology Of 30 Million Year Old Spiders

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Ecology of different species of spiders have been studied and analyzed in the original article. Spiders which were trapped and fossilized inside amber were magnified to be compared to different species of spiders during and after the period in which the spider was fossilized. The spider being studied in the original article was found out […]

Pest Control Breakthrough – From A Spider’s Stomach

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Pest control is an important aspect of a farmer’s farming method. Farm pests cause crop damages amounting to about a million of dollars per year. With the aid of microscopes like biological monocular microscopes, researchers from the UK University of Cardiff have discovered a future breakthrough for pest control using the DNA found in a […]

Spiders Make Best Ever Post-it Notes

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Post-it notes are very popular among students, teachers, researchers, workers, etc because of its usefulness and convenience of helping its user remember important things. Post-its, however, tend to fall off when wet (at least when the glue gets wet). In the original article, it described the motivation of scientists to find a substance that could […]