UC researchers have found that more than 30 percent of American public schools are within 400 meters, or a quarter mile, of major highways that consistently…
Different keys are not supposed to fit the same lock, but in biological systems multiple versions of a catalyst all make a reaction go, according to a new…
That is the question researchers posed in a new study of the Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius, a resilient creature found in many parts of the…
The study of the aboriginal children – from two communities which do not have words or gestures for numbers – found that they were able to copy and perform…
A research team has discovered a new mechanism for cell fate determination — how one cell, the daughter, becomes dramatically different from the mother, even…
As poets, songwriters and authors have described, our memories range from misty water-colored recollections to vividly detailed images of the times of our…
The competition for the Olympic Games is becoming increasingly tougher. Cities and countries are fighting for the right to organise both the Winter and Summer…
A paper written by an Indiana University professor and doctoral student, and presented at two international conferences, argues that thinking of street trees…
The study, ‘Young people with type 1 diabetes: the influence of the school environment on self-care’ was carried out by clinical psychologist and D Clin Psych…
A study led by Goldsmiths, University of London suggests that babies as young as six or seven months are able to actively respond to stimuli and understand…
In particular, experienced elephant matriarchs seem to give their family groups an edge in the struggle for survival in periods of famine and drought,…
A study by psychologists Dr Carl Senior and Baldeesh Gakhal* found that even average looking celebrity models in advertisements produced a greater emotional…
Now, collaboration between researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Weill Cornell Medical College has revealed that brain cells processing…
Anyone who has ever tried smoking probably remembers that first cigarette vividly. For some, it brought a wave of nausea or a nasty coughing fit. For others,…
There is specifically an increased risk of hip fracture after 5 years of continuous exposure and an increased risk of any fracture after 7 years continuous…
For the study, researchers examined the brains of 165 people who had been participants in a larger community study of chronic diseases of aging.While…
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