Month: April 2012

Children who have experienced violence might really be older than their years. The DNA of…

Robot-assisted surgery is now both more common and far more successful than radical “open” surgery…

The lengthening of days in late winter is an important signal that stimulates the reproductive…

Toxic prions in the brain can be detected with self-illuminating polymers. The originators, at Linköping…

Every thought, every movement, every heartbeat is controlled by lightning-quick electrical impulses in the brain,…

Scientists have found clinical evidence that the drug gabapentin, currently on the market to treat…

Although people generally talk about “cancer”, it is clear that the disease occurs in a…

Eating disorders can be triggered by lack of support following traumatic events such as bereavement,…

Scientists have identified a new mechanism responsible for regulating the flow of water into and…

Research by a Danish physicist suggests that the explosion of massive stars — supernovae —…