Evidence is increasing from multiple scientific fields that exposure to the natural environment can improve…
Month: January 2013
Slower growth of preterm infants linked to altered brain development
Preterm infants who grow more slowly as they approached what would have been their due…
Immunology research sheds new light on cell function, response
Researchers characterized a new protein that affects how cells in the innate immune system function…
Mindfulness meditation may relieve chronic inflammation
People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma…
New ‘social’ chromosome discovered in the red fire ant
Researchers have discovered a social chromosome in the highly invasive fire ant that helps to…
Light exposure during pregnancy key to normal eye development
New research concludes the eye — which depends on light to see — also needs…
Using snail teeth to improve solar cells and batteries
A professor is using the teeth of a marine snail found of the coast of…
First way to make large amounts of promising anti-cancer substance
Scientists are reporting development of the first practical way to make large amounts of a…
PR professionals are not ‘yes men’ when pressured to be unethical, study finds
Public relations professionals who have provided ethics counsel to senior management are at least as…
New nanoscale coating won’t get wet; Repels most liquids
A nanoscale coating that’s at least 95 percent air repels the broadest range of liquids…