Skills develop with practice and repetition. It’s true of anything, from playing the piano to…
Month: December 2010
Link between depression and inflammatory response found in mice: New treatments for mood disorders?
Researchers may have found a clue to the blues that can come with the flu…
Raindrops reveal how a wave of mountains moved south across the country
Analyzing the isotope ratios of ancient raindrops preserved in soils and lake sediments, researchers have…
Intensive chemotherapy can dramatically boost survival of older teenage leukemia patients
More effective risk-adjusted chemotherapy and sophisticated patient monitoring helped push cure rates to nearly 88…
Mexico quake studies uncover surprises for California
New technologies developed by NASA and other agencies are revealing surprising insights into a major…
Boosting supply of key brain chemical reduces fatigue in mice
Researchers have “engineered” a mouse that can run on a treadmill twice as long as…
Strange new twist: Researchers discover Möbius symmetry in metamaterials
Researchers have discovered Möbius symmetry in metamaterials — materials engineered from artificial “atoms” and “molecules.”…
FCC Orders a ‘Level Playing Field’ for Wired Internet
In a major milestone in the fight over Net neutrality, the Federal Communications Commission voted…
SEC Probes Ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd for Possible EDS Leak
Just when you thought the Hewlett-Packard drama had died down, regulators have begun investigating the…
Gawker Hack Underscores Flaws with Passwords
The fallout from a hacking attack on Gawker Media Inc. a week ago underscores a…