Every parent believes their child is unique. And they are right. Every pupil has their own individual strengths and weaknesses, and their own particular way of…
What processes tip the balance between the ultra-high risk states and the development of schizophrenia? One candidate mechanism is cerebral inflammation,…
Complications during pregnancy and birth, such as birth hypoxia – the shortage of oxygen in the body – are associated with an increased risk for schizophrenia.
They discovered how the needed transport protein turns up at the underside of plant cells. The discovery helps us to understand how plants grow, and how they…
While the predominant hypothesis for many years was that schizophrenia was a glutamate deficit disorder, there is growing evidence of glutamate hyperactivity…
First and foremost, the “Origins” LIA will be devoted to extragalactic astrophysics and cosmology, in particular the formation and evolution of galaxies, dark…
The researchers studied the impact of marine viruses on Emiliania huxleyi, one of the most abundant unicellular eukaryotes in oceans that significantly…
Childhood obesity can lead to type 2 diabetes, asthma, hypertension, sleep apnea and emotional distress. Obese children and youth are likely to be obese as…
Research published today in the open access journal BMC Pediatrics reveals the risk factors associated with MA use, in both low-risk children (those who don’t…
Up until last winter, the thickness of Arctic sea ice showed a slow downward trend during the previous five winters, but after the summer 2007 record low…
In an article in the latest number of the scientific magazine Nature researchers from Stockholm University have studied how certain fish on the coral reef keep…
The species, which originates from the Black Sea and probably spread to the Baltic via ballast water, has been found in the Gulf of Gdansk since 1990, in the…
These are a few of the many questions that will be addressed at the 156th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) next month in Miami, FL. Convening…
ITER is a multibillion-dollar international research and development project to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power and to…
Used to crush food, for structural support and for defense, the materials of which shells, teeth and bones are composed are the strongest and most durable in…
The authors of the study believe that these highly intelligent animals now associate roads with danger – in this case poaching, which is rampant in Central…