The study was published in the June 21 issue of Media Psychology.Children younger than 22 months may be entertained, but they do not learn words from the…
Exposure to iron during the first weeks of life in combination with exposure later in life to a common herbicide may contribute to the subsequent degeneration…
Joan Selverstone Valentine, UCLA professor of chemistry and biochemistry, has studied the protein — copper-zinc superoxide dismutase — since the 1970s, long…
Many safe therapy forms, however, are often associated with hazards, and therefore indications for therapy must be weighed on an individual basis. In stroke…
They are difficult to sample and study owing to the mixing the oceanographic vessel provokes between this superficial layer and the deeper strata of water….
The project’s objective was to improve distribution of the country’s wealth by attracting population and economic activity to Brazil’s interior. Up to then…
Dr Chris Faulkes, a senior lecturer at the School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, will tell the conference that the…
For five years, the Timescapes study will track 400 ordinary people, building up a valuable database about their lives and their relationships. It will look at…
“Tsunami are water waves generated by earthquakes, underwater landslides, volcanic eruptions or major debris slides,” said Dr Rossetto. “The waves travel…
The importance of the last finding resides in the fact that gene variations – contrary to the extremely rare mutations – are relatively common in the…
It is distinguished from its analogues because it is a highly sensitive method that allows you to detect a razor blade, a coin, or even a small pin in the…
There is currently no way to treat food allergy and the only way for sufferers to manage the problem is to avoid certain foods and make sure they have…
Beta-endorphin is a kind of “morphine” released by the brain in response to several situations, such as pain. In this way, beta-endorphins can be considered…
Scientists from the universities of Copenhagen and Århus, Denmark are once again at the cutting edge of biotechnology. This time with cloned pigs that have…
The study is the result of twelve years of monitoring the dynamics of rabies virus infection (European bat lyssavirus subtype 1 – EBL1) in two wild bat (Myotis…
As some clinical studies had already outlined, stress is one of the most important causes of relapse observed in abstinent smokers. The study has revealed, in…