Synchronization occurs when individual elements in a complex network behave in line with each other….
Month: August 2011
New tool matches medical treatment data to new cancer cases to improve prostate cancer treatment
Prostate cancer, the most common form of cancer in U.S. men, is also one of…
Impulsive alcoholics likely to die sooner
Alcohol and impulsivity are a dangerous mix: People with current drinking problems and poor impulse…
Are those liquids explosive?
A team of researchers in Spain has developed a method to determine the chemical composition…
Boys reach sexual maturity younger and younger: Phase between being physically but not socially adult is getting longer
Boys are maturing physically earlier than ever before. The age of sexual maturity has been…
Neuroscientists show activity patterns in fly brain are optimized for memory storage
A research team has shown large populations of neurons in the brains of living fruit…
Study raises doubts about value of heart ultrasound before elective surgery
A new study has found no evidence that patients who had a heart ultrasound known…
Physicists uncover new data on adenine, a crucial building block of life
Physicists have shown that one of the building blocks of DNA and RNA, adenine, has…
Sex differences in mental illness: Men more likely to develop substance abuse, antisocial problems; women more likely to develop anxiety, depression
When it comes to mental illness, the sexes are different: Women are more likely to…
A quick way to grade grasses for ethanol yields
Researchers have developed an inexpensive way to grade the ethanol potential of perennial grasses at…