Two out of three severely obese kids already have at least one risk factor for…
Month: July 2012
First study of heart ‘maps’ for kids could help correct rapid rhythms
Creating a 3-D map of the heart’s electrical signals could help treat kids with rapid…
Aging heart cells rejuvenated by modified stem cells
Damaged and aged heart tissue of older heart failure patients was rejuvenated by stem cells…
Trial signals major milestone in hunt for new TB drugs
A novel approach to discover the first new tuberculosis (TB) combination drug regimen cleared a…
Strobe eyewear training improves visual memory
Participants in a new study engaged in physical activities, such as playing catch, while using…
Hypersonic inflatable heat shield successfully tested
A large inflatable heat shield developed by NASA’s Space Technology Program has successfully survived a…
Boosting new memories with wakeful resting
Too often our memory starts acting like a particularly porous sieve: All the important fragments…
Mice have distinct subsystem to handle smell associated with fear
Mice appear to have a specialized system for detecting and at least initially processing instinctually…
Bloodstream scavenger inhibits clotting without increased bleeding
A compound that mops up debris of damaged cells from the bloodstream may be the…
Rise in temperatures and CO2 follow each other closely in climate change
The greatest climate change the world has seen in the last 100,000 years was the…