Sep. 8, 2016 New approaches that could spur the human body to produce HIV-blocking antibodies have been successful in mice mimicking the ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Inhibitory connections between neurons act as the brain's brakes, preventing it from becoming overexcited. Researchers thought inhibitory connections were less sophisticated ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 A new therapeutic strategy to target a hidden Achilles' heel shared by all known types of Ebola virus has been outlined by ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 A bat's head waggles and ear wiggles synch with its sonar vocalizations to help it hunt, demonstrating how movement can enhance senses like sight and hearing -- not just in ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 A new spray-on material with a remarkable ability to repel water has been developed by researchers. The new protective coating could eventually be used to waterproof mobile ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Up until now, scientists had only recognized a single species of giraffe made up of several subspecies. But, according to the most inclusive genetic analysis of giraffe ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology show catastrophic declines in wilderness areas around the world over the last ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 An extinct reptile related to crocodiles that lived 212 million years ago in present day New Mexico has been named as a new species, Vivaron haydeni, ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Exposure to air pollution at the place of residence increases the risk of developing insulin resistance as a pre-diabetic state of type 2 diabetes, ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Additional insight has been shed on how bacteria in the gut, or lack thereof, influences intestinal mast cells (MMC) activation and perhaps fat absorption. Mast cells are intimately involved with the ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Scientists have implicated a type of stem cell in the calcification of blood vessels that is common in patients with chronic ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Neutrophils are the superheroes of the body's immune system. Normally mild-mannered, they travel through the bloodstream until they reach an emergency situation, such as a cut or infection, where ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Is life better or worse after sticking your Fitbit in a drawer? Researchers surveyed hundreds of people who had abandoned self-tracking tools and found emotions ranged from guilt to indifference to ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 A scanning technique for bones has been created that does not expose patients to X-ray radiation but provides exceptional 3-D images from which diagnoses and prognoses can be made. Their technique ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 During the first three months after stroke, the risk for depression was found to be eight times higher than in a reference population of people without stroke, according to a new ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 For many people, there's nothing more satisfying than a hot, spicy meal. But some research has suggested that capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their kick, might cause cancer. Now ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Intracellular defects that lead to cells' failure to decommission faulty 'power packs' known as mitochondria cause nerve cells to die, triggering the symptoms of ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Dining environments can have serious consequences for eating behaviors, say investigators. The study findings may have important implications not only for college and university students, but also ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 A researcher studying how the brain uses perception of the environment to guide action has a new understanding of the neural circuits responsible for transforming sensation into ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 People who receive a financial incentive to raise money for a charity they care about are actually less effective in soliciting donations, even when potential donors have no idea that incentives were ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 People synchronize what they remember and what they forget after sharing memories with one another, according to new research. The findings, have an applied scope: policymakers could use them to bust ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Researchers have identified mutations responsible for a disorder that causes the premature fusion of the suture along the top of a baby's skull. Their discovery will ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 A new study has estimated, for the first time, the numbers of people with Down syndrome in the US, from 1950 until 2010. The total number arrived at by the investigation, which also is the first to ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Even as researchers gain new insights into the neurobiology of borderline personality disorder (BPD), there's a pressing need to improve diagnosis ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 A set of 30 inherited recessive genes that play a role in intellectual disability, a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects as many as 213 million people around the world, has been, for the first ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 People who visit emergency rooms for mental health care were transferred to another facility at six times the rate of people who visit ERs for ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Exercising, at even basic recommended weekly physical activity levels (at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity), may offset some of the harmful effects of drinking alcohol, suggests new ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 The expression "dog is man's best friend" might have more weight in the case of first-year university students suffering from homesickness, according to a new study. The ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 During long summers, children may forget many of the lessons they learned from the prior school year -- particularly low-income children who may have access to few enrichment activities. But new ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Negative experiences on Facebook may increase the risk of depressive symptoms, suggesting that online social interactions have important consequences ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Injuries to the lower extremities are the most common in soccer. Now research demonstrates that prevention programs are effective at reducing the risk of ankle injuries by 40 percent in soccer ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Teens are more than 15 percent less likely to say they would purchase soft drinks and other sugary drinks that include health warning labels, ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Sometimes children with asthma live hundreds of miles away from the nearest allergist and therefore may not be getting the best and most cost-effective care. According to a new study, treatment via ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Posting personal experiences on social media makes those events much easier to recall, a new study -- the first to look at social media's effect on ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 A long-term study carried out in four Swedish schools evaluated whether extra physical education classes (200 minutes weekly as opposed to 60 minutes ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Children who experience low levels of language learning stimulation beginning at three years of age are more likely to experience language delays by first grade and are three times more likely to ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Children with mild, persistent asthma did not have worse asthma symptoms after taking acetaminophen (e.g., Tylenol) for pain or fever, compared to using ibuprofen (e.g., Advil), according to the ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 University of Oregon researchers have found links between the levels of antimicrobial chemicals and antibiotic-resistance genes in the dust of an ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Researchers have developed a panel with textile waste that improves both the thermal and acoustic conditions of buildings and reduces the energy impact associated to the ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 The mining and milling of Canadian uranium contributes very few greenhouse gases to nuclear power’s already low emissions, a research group ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 Researchers have moved beyond the theoretical in demonstrating that an unbreakable encrypted message can be sent with a key that's far shorter than the message -- the first ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 New experiments have created the conditions capable of producing a fusion yield that's five times higher than the current record laser-fusion energy yield, as long as the ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 What does the ideal car look like? A new study used a morphing technique and consumer choice model to quantify how the aesthetic design of US car models affects ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 A group of researchers has discovered a completely new way of using lasers to accelerate ion beams. In time, the new technique could possibly give more people access to ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Knowledge of H-bonding networks, water molecule orientations and protonation states, along with details of hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions, can prove vital towards ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 A novel label-free method of measuring DNA amplification in real time has now been developed by researchers. The technique detects changes in the ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 Large quantities of fish are consumed in India on a daily basis, which generates a huge amount of fish 'biowaste' materials. In an attempt to do something positive with this ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 When you have too many robots together, they get so focused on not colliding with each other that they eventually just stop moving. Georgia Tech's new algorithms are different: they allow any number ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 The central energy source of enigmatic pulsating Ultra Luminous X-ray sources (ULX) could be a neutron star according to numerical simulations. ULXs, which are remarkably ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Computer simulations of a spherical collection of stars known as 'NGC 6101' reveal that it contains hundreds of black holes, until now thought impossible. Recent observations ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 A fossilized remnant of the early Milky Way harboring stars of hugely different ages has been revealed by an international team of astronomers. This stellar system resembles ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Dwarf galaxies are enigmas wrapped in riddles. Although they are the smallest galaxies, they represent some of the biggest mysteries about our universe. While many dwarf ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 Using colors to identify the approximate ages of more than 130,000 stars in the Milky Way's halo, astronomers have produced the clearest picture yet of how the galaxy formed more than 13.5 billion ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 Researchers turn nanotubes into nanodiamonds and other forms of carbon by smashing them into a target at hypervelocity. The results will help in the design of light, strong ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 Scientists have discovered that the depths of Uranus, Neptune and their satellites may contain extraordinary compounds, such ... read more
Sep. 5, 2016 Research suggests that virtually all of Earth's life-giving carbon could have come from a collision about 4.4 billion years ago between Earth and an embryonic planet similar ... read more
Sep. 5, 2016 If two galaxies collide, the merging of their central black holes triggers gravitational waves, which ripple throughout space. An international research team has now ... read more
Sep. 2, 2016 Long-term observations with the Hubble Space Telescope revealed that Eta Carinae, a very massive star system that has puzzled astronomers since it erupted in a supernova-like ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 All over the world, lakes, rivers, and coastal waters are threatened by high nutrient inputs. Nitrate or phosphates from waste-waters or fertilizers causes eutrophication. ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 An algorithm makes it easier to determine if someone has faked an Amazon or Yelp review or if a politician with a suspiciously large number of Twitter followers might have bought and paid for that ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 For the past 30 years, computer science researchers have been teaching their machines to read standard English -- for example, by assigning back issues of the Wall Street Journal -- so computers can ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Researchers designed and developed StoArranger, a service to intercept, coordinate and optimize requests made by mobile apps and cloud storage services. StoArranger works as a 'middleware system,' so ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 Perovskite systems have been shown to be highly efficient at converting sunlight to electricity. Now, scientists have discovered a new use for perovskites that runs counter to the intended usage of ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 Children with congenital heart defects often undergo a battery of strenuous examinations and interventions. Now, researchers have developed software to simulate certain ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 A new way to significantly accelerate core-to-core communication has been developed by researchers. Their advance relies on hardware to coordinate efforts between cores for multiprocessor ... read more
Sep. 5, 2016 Carbon nanotubes show potential, but also many challenges, for the manufacture of flexible, wearable electronics, according to a ... read more
Aug. 23, 2016 With the outsourcing of microchip design and fabrication worldwide, bad actors along the supply chain have many opportunities to install malicious circuitry in chips. These 'Trojan horses' look ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Bacteria fight their competitors with molecular spear guns, the so-called Type VI secretion system. When firing this weapon they also unintentionally hit their own kind. ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Today's industrial yeast strains are used to make beer, wine, bread, biofuels, and more, but their evolutionary history is not well studied. Researchers have now described a ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 A study of ants across three continents has revealed that their color and size is strongly influenced by their environment, ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 A chemical treatment known as a bactericide could help preserve citrus trees from the potentially deadly and costly greening disease, a new ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Biologists have described a new amphipod species which is endemic to the Alps. While alpine lakes provide relatively undisturbed habitats for Gammarus alpinus, this species ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Researchers have shown how a complex mix of plant compounds derived from ancient clinical practice in China -- a Traditional Chinese Medicine -- works to kill cancer ... read more
Sep. 8, 2016 Light at night changes animals’ behavior. A new study shows that moths are attracted to street lamps within a radius of approximately 23 meters. The number of specimens ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Researchers have found that ants have a particular preference for aphid colonies with certain colors, which could be why these bugs are able to keep their colors ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 Researchers found some monkeys whose immune systems are depleted by the simian strain of HIV have a second line of defense against tuberculosis. The discovery could have ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Scientists have reengineered the fundamental process of photosynthesis to power useful chemical reactions that could be used to produce biofuels, pharmaceuticals and ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 Higher levels of rainfall and coastal development increase the risk of disease-causing organisms flowing to the ocean, according to a study. The work advances earlier work by tracking the parasite T. ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Industrial interest is expected in a vehicular fuel cell membrane able to excrete protons at the most effective temperature ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Want to help mitigate global climate change? Grow some veggies. According to a new study, turning lawn into a vegetable garden can reduce greenhouse ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Oceanographers report that the northeast Pacific Ocean has absorbed an increasing amount of anthropogenic carbon dioxide over the last decade, at a rate that mirrors the ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Researchers have shown that fossils of the 360 million-year-old tetrapod Acanthostega, one of the iconic transitional forms ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 'Promising' and 'remarkable' are two words a scientist has used to describe recent research results on organolead mixed-halide perovskites. Perovskites are optically active, ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 The Grolier Codex, an ancient document that is among the rarest books in the world, has been regarded with skepticism since it was reportedly unearthed by looters from a cave ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 The discovery of a group of young, prehistoric fish fossils provides some insights into the way the extinct creatures survived their youth -- and how fish today might be ... read more
Sep. 1, 2016 The discovery of a carved stone crocodile by archaeologists has provided a key to revising long-held ideas about the ruins of the ancient city of Lambityeco in what is now ... read more
Sep. 1, 2016 An analysis of the fossil known as the Minden Monster has enabled paleontologists to assign the largest predatory dinosaur ever found in Germany to a previously unknown genus, among a group that ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Patients who had major surgery at high-quality hospitals in the United States cost Medicare less than those who had surgery at low-quality hospitals, ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 The cost of incarceration in the United States exceeds $1 trillion, or six percent of gross domestic product, and dwarfs the amount spent on corrections alone, finds a new ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 Lineup procedures (or ‘identity parades’) used in UK criminal investigations deliver significantly less accurate results than the American ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Today's young millennial voters are seen as a key demographic for political victory in many races this fall. Now, new research suggests that millennials' political views differ significantly from ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 The Earned Income Tax Credit program is not only good for people's pocketbooks, but also for their health, new research shows. Findings of a new suggest that the program is much more cost-effective ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Living in unabashedly racist communities can shorten the lives of both blacks and whites, according to new research. Researchers compared the racial biases of nearly 1.4 million people nationwide to ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 A review of studies investigating the 2008 recession in Europe show it was associated with adverse health outcomes, particularly for suicides and mental health problems, finds a ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 The more advertising kids see for particular brands of alcohol, the more they consume of those brands, according to a new study. The work adds to evidence linking alcohol advertising to underage ... read more
Sep. 6, 2016 Doctors around the world are over diagnosing the most common thyroid cancer, creating an artificial epidemic that costs billions of dollars each year in unnecessary medical costs, suggests new ... read more
Sep. 5, 2016 New research shows that women ask for wage rises just as often as men, but men are 25 per cent more likely to get a raise when they ... read more
Aug. 31, 2016 When planning a career, many people take nonwork orientations into account, such as family, personal interests and civic engagement. Psychologists have found out that people who strongly consider the ... read more
Aug. 29, 2016 People are often excluded from social groups. Whether uninvolved observers find this acceptable or not may depend on the facial appearances of those excluded. The exclusion ... read more
Aug. 25, 2016 Wherever your organization falls on the spectrum of telecommuting and virtual teams, new research reveals something about leadership and telecommuting that everyone should ... read more
Aug. 23, 2016 Music can have important effects on the cooperative spirits of those exposed to music, researchers report. A new article describes two studies they conducted to test the ... read more
Aug. 11, 2016 A new study identifies factors that could lead more young students to successful careers in the science, technology, engineering and math ... read more
Aug. 11, 2016 New research shows that burnout is caused by a mismatch between a person's unconscious needs and the opportunities and demands at the workplace. These results have implications for the prevention of ... read more
Aug. 4, 2016 A team of researchers is offering the first public view into practices that deliver unwanted advertising and software bundled with legitimate downloads. Their research suggests that some of the ... read more
Aug. 4, 2016 A new company will commercialize sensing technology that can perform instant, in-field characterization of the chemical make-up and material properties of unknown liquids. ... read more
July 28, 2016 Compromise always occurs among two decision makers when a woman is involved (female pairs or mixed gender pairs) because compromise is consistent ... read more
Sep. 7, 2016 Imagine if playing a new video game or riding a rollercoaster could help you prepare for an exam or remember other critical information. A new study in mice shows this link ... read more
Sep. 2, 2016 Scientists say the more foreign languages we learn, the more effectively our brain reacts and processes the data accumulated in the course ... read more
Aug. 31, 2016 Keeping teens focused on what's happening in class rather than their electronic device is a tall order, given that 73 per cent of them have access to a smartphone -- and most would prefer to be on ... read more
Sep. 1, 2016 Parents who excel at math produce children who excel at math. This is according to a recent study that shows a distinct transfer of math skills from parent to child. The study specifically explored ... read more
Sep. 1, 2016 Childhood bullying inflicts the same long-term psychological trauma on girls as severe physical or sexual abuse, suggests a new survey of college students led by ... read more
Aug. 24, 2016 Parents across North America are prepping their teens to head back to high school, hoping they will study hard to get straight A's. But new research shows that good grades aren't just based on smarts ... read more
Aug. 23, 2016 Sociologists have found that teachers often inadvertently translate students' class-based behaviors into unequal opportunities in school. Teachers favor middle-class students in various ways, perhaps ... read more
Aug. 23, 2016 New research questions the strong claims that have been made about the benefits of 'brain training' -- enhanced mental skills, a boost to education, improved clinical outcomes and sharper everyday ... read more
Aug. 22, 2016 High school students who completed higher levels of math, performed better academically, and had a greater sense of control of their future were more ... read more
Aug. 22, 2016 Getting some sleep in between study sessions may make it easier to recall what you studied and relearn what you've forgotten, even six months later, according to ... read more