Spending on energy efficiency programs funded by electric and natural gas utility customers will double…
Month: January 2013
Power’s punishing impact: Power linked to tendency to punish harshly
Providing a sense of power to someone instills a black-and-white sense of right and wrong…
Scientists shed light on the ‘dark matter’ of DNA
In each cell, thousands of regulatory regions control which genes are active at any time….
Climate events drive High-Arctic vertebrate community into synchrony: Extreme weather potent force for Arctic overwintering populations
Climate change is known to affect the population dynamics of single species, such as reindeer…
Vulnerabilities in security of personal genetic information
Using only a computer, an Internet connection, and publicly accessible online resources, researchers have been…
Irregular heart beat elevates risk of kidney failure
Many people who suffer from chronic kidney disease progressively lose their kidney function over time…
Novel technique reveals dynamics of telomere DNA structure: Chromosome-capping telomeres are a potential target for anti-cancer drugs
Biomedical researchers studying aging and cancer are intensely interested in telomeres, the protective caps on…
Trading wetlands no longer a ‘deal with the devil’
If Faust had been in the business of trading wetlands rather than selling his soul,…
Dietary shifts driving up phosphorus use
Dietary changes since the early 1960s have fueled a sharp increase in the amount of…
Is athleticism linked to brain size? Exercise-loving mice have larger midbrains
Is athleticism linked to brain size? Researchers performed laboratory experiments on house mice and found…