As demand increases for lithium, the essential element in batteries for everything from cameras to…
Month: September 2012
Prehistoric rocks contain clues for future climate
For most of the past decade, Dr. Wan Yang has spent his summers in the…
Key immune cell may play role in lung cancer susceptibility
New research suggests a key immune cell may play a role in lung cancer susceptibility….
Time to change an led light? Researchers design system to tell
In many of the nation’s traffic lights, light-emitting diodes or LEDs with their brighter light…
Mental stress: Unique solutions for unique populations
A mother in jail co-residing with her infant in a prison nursery; a war veteran…
Addictive properties of drug abuse may hold key to an HIV cure
A medical researcher is on a mission to explore the gene-controlling effects of addictive drugs…
How do we make moral judgments? Insights from Psychological Science
New research provides intriguing insights into some of the factors that influence how we make…
Brain: Protein that regulates key ‘fate’ decision in cortical progenitor cells identified
Researchers have solved an important piece of one of neuroscience’s outstanding puzzles: How progenitor cells…
Male infertility: ‘Kick-starting’ male fertility with missing protein
Adding a missing protein to infertile human sperm can “kick-start” its ability to fertilize an…
Virtual boundaries: How environmental cues affect motivation and task-oriented behavior
Much of our daily lives are spent completing tasks that involve a degree of waiting,…