Month: November 2012

Researchers have identified and “switched off” a chemical chain that causes neurodegenerative diseases such as…

Scientists have developed a vacuum-compatible X-ray detector that allows the size of low-contrast nano-objects to…

New research showing a more than four-fold increase in the incidence of breast cancer in…

The stems of shrubs have given researchers a window into a glacier’s past, potentially allowing…

More people are better off thanks to the impact of an influx of direct-to-consumer advertising…

A significant percentage of the primary care physicians most likely to care for newly insured…

Patients newly prescribed a cholesterol-lowering medication were more likely to pick it up from the…

A new imaging technique developed at MIT offers the first glimpse of the degeneration of…

A researcher has described the dramatic progress in autism research paralleling increased recognition of autism’s…

One tropical lizard’s tolerance to cold is stiffer than scientists had suspected. A new study…