Month: March 2012

The brain appears to be wired more like the checkerboard streets of New York City…

How do you build a brain? Scientists how present a surprising answer, reporting their discovery…

A DICER protein, known to produce tiny RNAs in cells, also helps complete an important…

Scientists have now explained how rapamycin, a drug that extends mouse lifespan, also causes insulin…

The drug rapamycin extends lifespan in lab animals, yet it’s linked to two hallmarks of…

The first atlas of the surface of the human brain based upon genetic information has…

Physicists have discovered patterns which underlie the properties of a new state of matter. In…

Scientists have been studying the impact of clear-cut logging on avalanche terrain in British Columbia….

A new chemical analysis of lunar material collected by Apollo astronauts in the 1970s conflicts…

A new X-ray study of the remains of an exploded star indicates that the supernova…