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Decoding Brain Circuits: The Math Behind Neural Function

The brain has billions of neurons, arranged in complex circuits that allow us to perceive the world, control our movements and make decisions. Deciphering…

Life & Chemistry

Hyenas Solve Puzzles Faster: Insights From New Study

The study, published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, presented steel puzzle boxes with raw meat inside to wild spotted hyenas…

Business and Finance

Study Reveals Flaws in U.S. Poverty Measurement Methods

That method of calculating who is poor and who is not has been under fire by researchers for years because it doesn't calculate the benefits of anti-poverty…

Studies and Analyses

Adolescents in substance abuse programs report using other's med marijuana

Stacy Salomonsen-Sautel, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the CU School of Medicine's Department of Pharmacology and her colleagues in the Department of…

Life & Chemistry

DNA Shapes Gold Nanoparticles for Medical and Tech Advances

The team found that DNA segments can direct the shape of gold nanoparticles – tiny gold crystals that have many applications in medicine, electronics and…

Studies and Analyses

Incentives Boost Teacher Performance and Student Scores

The study showed that students gained as much as a 10 percentile increase in their scores compared to students with similar backgrounds — if their teacher…

Earth Sciences

NASA's Aqua satellite sees Tropical Storm Haikui make landfall in China

China's National Meteorological Center (NMC) said that Tropical Storm Haikui, made landfall in Zhejiang province on August 8 at 3:20 a.m. local time (19:20 UTC…

Earth Sciences

Tropical Storm Ernesto Brings Heavy Rainfall and Thunderstorms

At 11:15 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, August 7, Belize radar indicated Ernesto made landfall along the southern Yucatan coast near Mahahual, Mexico as a category one…

Physics & Astronomy

New Study Reveals Dark Matter Near the Sun’s Halo

Their results are iconsistent with the theory that the Milky Way Galaxy is surrounded by a massive “halo” of dark matter, but this is the first study of its…

Studies and Analyses

Ancient Maya’s Early Domestication of Mexican Turkeys Discovered

Researchers say discovery of the bones from an ancient Mayan archaeological site in Guatemala provides evidence of domestication, usually a significant mark of…

Life & Chemistry

Geckos’ Wet Feet: Nature’s Genius in Adhesive Innovation

'A lot of work is done on geckos that looks at the very small adhesive structures on their toes to really understand how the system works at the most basic…

Health & Medicine

New Method Helps Doctors Detect Hard-to-Diagnose Prostate Cancer

The new study by researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, published in the Journal of Urology, shows that PSA can be a much…

Life & Chemistry

Hormone in Fruit Flies Offers Insights for Diabetes and Weight Loss

In a paper published in the October issue of Genetics and available online now, neurobiologists at Wake Forest University examine how fruit flies (Drosophila)…

Earth Sciences

Exploring Underground Corrosion in Geothermal Plants

Deep geothermal plants in northern and southwestern Germany often work with highly saline thermal waters. The high salt content and pressure, dissolved gases…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Catheter Solution for Preterm PPROM Treatment

Preterm premature rupture of membranes

(PPROM) is one of the leading causes of

perinatal morbidity and mortality. It complicates
…

Transportation and Logistics

Transforming City Traffic Monitoring With Accurate Solutions

One common error is called “splashover” because it usually involves an over-sensitive detector picking up the presence a vehicle in the next lane over – as if…

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