New research shows that patients suffering from aggressive brain tumors can be effectively treated with…
Month: January 2013
Americans have worse health than people in other high-income countries
On average, Americans die sooner and experience higher rates of disease and injury than people…
Scientists use marine robots to detect endangered whales
Two robots equipped with instruments designed to “listen” for the calls of baleen whales detected…
Scientists discover new gene that affects clearance of hepatitis C virus
Scientists have discovered a gene that interferes with the clearance of hepatitis C virus infection….
How does your garden glow?
Nature’s ability to create iridescent flowers has been recreated by mathematicians. They have created a…
Newly found ‘volume control’ in brain promotes learning, memory
Researchers report synapses that act as “volume control” for nerve cell activity in the brain’s…
Bench to bedside: How to fast track targeted cancer drugs with radiation into the clinic
Researchers from the translational research program of the National Cancer Institute and the Radiation Therapy…
Whales’ foraging strategies revealed by new technology
Despite the many logistical difficulties of studying large whales, multisensor tags attached to the animals…
Networking ability a family trait in monkeys
Two years of painstaking observation on the social interactions of a troop of free-ranging monkeys…
Nursing gerbils unravel benefit of multiple mothers in collective mammals
In mammals such as rodents that raise their young as a group, infants will nurse…