Attempt to Build Artificial Muscles from Carbon Nanofibres in the Offing

An Indian origin scientist at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, is attempting to build artificial muscles using carbon nanofibres . Artificial muscles change length in response to a stimulus, thereby creating a smoother, more human-like motion than jerky electric motors o...

Promising Brain Tumor Treatment In The Offing

Scientists at San Francisco, in the US, have announced that, a novel treatment for brain tumors has elicited positive results. // This treatment referred to as 'Oncophage' treatment, is aimed at tackling an aggressive form of brain cancer, termed glioma.Scientists at the University of Californ...

Female Condoms In The Offing

Condoms for women, produced by the state-owned Hindustan Latex Ltd., will be launched next week commercially in select cities.// 'For the past year we had test marketed 30,000 pieces of female condoms across the country and from the excellent response from both men and women, we have decided it ...

New AIDS vaccine may be in the offing

An article published in an online issue of Nature Medicine by researchers in Rene Descartes University has reported a stunning discovery of a bold new type of vaccine which may one day let people quit their AIDS drugs. The study which was carried// out on monkeys showed promising results, and if co...

Landmark Study Prompts Rethink of Genetic Code

....) This could have significant implications for efforts to identify the DNA sequences involved in many human diseases," he said. Another rethink is in offing about how the genome has evolved, said Collins. Until now, researchers had thought that the pressure to survive would relentlessly sculpt the ...

A New Therapy for CFS

... A preliminary study suggests that there might be a hope in the offing for some sufferers of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) with a new therapy being tested by researchers// at the Stanford University School of Medicine. ...

Experts urging artery screening in the UK

... A national screening program is in the offing for abdominal aortic aneurysm, a blood vessel condition which kills thousands each year in the UK, a magazine reports. This condition, a swelling ...

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Melatonin improves mood in winter depression

...ess, because the doses used were lower than what is usually taken at bedtime. In addition to bright light exposure, another treatment may be in the offing once low-dose, sustained-release melatonin formulations become available. "However, people in the phase-advanced subgroup should use these treatments ...

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An upside down view of the future

...ted to be tending her garden rather than caring for knowledge workers. But she hinted that at a comeback to the corporate world could easily be in the offing if she were offered the right challenge and allowed a great deal of flexibility in defining her role and working arrangements. This is representative ...