New connections between brain cells emerge in clusters in the brain as animals learn to perform a new task, according to a study published in Nature on…
Pulsars, superdense neutron stars, are perhaps the most extraordinary physics laboratories in the Universe. Research on these extreme and exotic objects…
After years studying the molecular bases of glioblastoma – the most common brain tumor and one of the most aggressive of all cancers, the group led by Dr. Joan…
Low birth weight has long been known to be risk factor for behavioral problems like ADHD in children. The circumstances at birth, the immaturity of the brain,…
Their findings, published in GCB Bioenergy, show that the maize hybrid is potentially capable of producing ethanol from biomass (plant material used for…
The guideline, which was developed with the American Clinical Neurophysiology Society, is published in the February 21, 2012, print issue of Neurology®, the…
Individuals are presented with many choices in life, from political alignments through to choosing which sandwich to eat for lunch. Their eventual decisions…
Aggressive ovarian tumors begin as malignant cells kept in check by the immune system until, suddenly and unpredictably, they explode into metastatic cancer….
The study is set for publication the week of Feb. 20 in the early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.”Many disease-causing microbes…
They found that in mice in which they had removed the c-Maf gene in the nerve cells, touch sensation is impaired. This similarly applies to human carriers of a…
An increasing number of everyday devices such as car keys, smart phones and even medical implants need protection from hackers. The encryption method PRESENT…
Combining economic outlook and fisheries population growth rates for all countries currently reported to fish in the ocean, UBC fisheries researchers William…
Cuttlefish and their colourblind cousins, squid and octopus, see aspects of light – including polarized light – that are invisible to humans, giving them a…
These are the findings of a comprehensive study into sustainable ways of preventing patients from being harmed as a result of prescribing errors. The research…
Nearly 1 in 10 children have asthma, according to government statistics, and in low-income parts of Boston, nearly 16 percent of children are affected. A…
Encompassing both economic and ecological security, high-income countries were ranked among the least healthy overall. Many countries in South America…
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