Determining when a teenage brain becomes an adult brain is not an exact science but…
Month: August 2012
What you don’t know can hurt you
Is it possible for a health-care system to redesign its services to better educate patients…
New generation of virtual humans helping to train psychologists
New technology has led to the creation of virtual humans who can interact with therapists…
Birds that live with varying weather sing more versatile songs
A new study of North American songbirds reveals that birds that live with fluctuating weather…
Ancient records shed light on Italian earthquakes (Aquila area)
When a damaging earthquake struck the area of L’Aquila in central Italy in 2009, it…
Unexpected variation in immune genes poses difficulties for transplantation
Human HLA genes — the genes that allow our immune system to tell the difference…
Situation dire for threatened rhino species, researcher finds
A researcher hopes his recent finding confirming the extinction of the Javan rhinoceros in Vietnam…
Fragile X and Down syndromes share signalling pathway for intellectual disability
Intellectual disability due to Fragile X and Down syndromes involves similar molecular pathways, researchers report….
Giant moa had climate change figured out
An international team of scientists has used ancient DNA from bones of giant extinct New…
New approach to treat acute liver failure
Acute liver failure is a life-threatening disease. Unfortunately, few treatment options exist. Now researchers have…