Many racial/ethnic disparities were found for harmful health-related issues in 5,000 fifth graders from Alabama,…
Month: August 2012
Archived Guthrie cards find a new purpose
Over the last 50 years, the spotting of newborn’s blood onto filter paper for disease…
Scientists reveal how river blindness worm thrives
Scientists have found that the worm which causes River Blindness survives by using a bacterium…
Traumatic mating may offer fitness benefits for female sea slugs
Female sea slugs mate more frequently than required to produce offspring, despite the highly traumatic…
Parasitic wasps remember better if reward is greater
Two parasitic wasp species show similar memory consolidation patterns in response to rewards of different…
New device monitors schoolroom air for carbon dioxide levels that may make kids drowsy
With nearly 55 million students, teachers and school staff about to return to elementary and…
Ethical dilemmas contribute to ‘critical weaknesses’ in FDA postmarket oversight, experts say
Ethical challenges are central to persistent “critical weaknesses” in the national system for ensuring drug…
Roots of human self-awareness: New study points to a complex, diffuse patchwork of brain pathways
A research team has upended current thinking about areas in the human brain responsible for…
Imaging study sheds new light on alcohol-related birth defects
The new imaging study in a mouse model for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders could enhance…
Intentionally unvaccinated students putting other children at risk
Long thought to be eradicated, measles makes a comeback on the heels of personal belief…