Trauma in infancy and childhood shapes the brain, learning, and behavior, and fuels changes that…
Month: October 2012
Findings reveal brain mechanisms at work during sleep
New findings report the important role sleep plays, and the brain mechanisms at work as…
Is immediate and long-term pain after a motor vehicle collision hereditary?
Two studies have found that hereditary genes were responsible for the amount and type of…
Study finds rise in maternal sepsis-related mortality
A new study reports that severity and death rates are increasing in pregnant and postpartum…
New noninvasive test for colorectal cancer shows promise
A new noninvasive test for colorectal cancer screening demonstrated high sensitivity for detecting colorectal cancer,…
Sickle cell disease: Physics explains how sickling cells make people sick
Researchers have identified the physical forces in red blood cells and blood vessels underlying the…
New type of cosmic ray discovered after 100 years
Using the European X-ray astronomy satellite XMM-Newton, researchers have discovered a new source of cosmic…
Novel discovery links anti-cancer drugs to muscle repair
Research shows that the IAP-targeting drugs that promote the death of cancer cells also induce…
Pollenizer research should help seedless watermelon farmers
Research on flower production and disease resistance in watermelon varieties should help bolster seedless watermelon…
Presidential debates say as much about U.S. culture as candidates
American presidential campaigns provide a unique window into our society, according to an anthropologist.