Month: November 2012

Using genetic analyses, scientists have discovered that Northern European populations descend from a mixture of…

A professor in anthropology studies behavioral and evolutionary ecology in small-scale societies. Her latest project…

Researchers have come up with a novel way to describe a time-dependent brain development based…

Tropical storms that make their way into the North Atlantic, and possibly strike the East…

West Nile virus, Lyme disease, dengue fever, and plague are examples of “vector-borne zoonotic diseases,”…

While most of the blame for childhood obesity is placed on the marketing practices of…

The device doesn’t look like much: a caterpillar-sized assembly of metal rings and strips resembling…

Researchers have identified an enzyme as a possible target for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease….

As public health researchers continue efforts to understand the effects of neighborhood conditions on health,…

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are neurodevelopmental disorders typically characterized by difficulties in social interactions and…