Month: November 2011

Problems like anxiety and depression are caused by psychological and environmental factors, and are known…

Climate change is subtly altering average yearly and seasonal temperatures on land and water and…

Researchers have identified the group of neurons that mediates whether light arouses us and keeps…

The discovery of a new gene is helping researchers envision more-efficient molecular factories of the…

Pulsars are the lighthouses of the universe. These compact and fast-rotating neutron stars flash many…

The first individuals settling on new land are more successful at passing on their genes…

When researchers prescribed mild exercise for mice with a neurodegenerative disorder called spinocerebellar ataxia 1,…

The histone protein CenH3 is both necessary and sufficient to trigger the formation of centromeres…

In recent years, the field of cancer metabolism has found that cancer cells can manipulate…

This fall, Hoopes and his students have watched two predicted cataclysmic dates — Oct. 21…