A new owl is the first endemic bird species discovered on the island of Lombok,…
Month: February 2013
Red brain, blue brain: Republicans and Democrats process risk differently, research finds
A team of political scientists and neuroscientists has shown that liberals and conservatives use different…
California’s Tobacco Control Program generates huge health care savings, study shows
Over a span of nearly 20 years, California’s tobacco control program cost $2.4 billion and…
Cracking the semantic code: Half a word’s meaning is 3-D summary of associated rewards
Half of a word’s meaning is simply a three dimensional summary of the rewards associated…
Clues to childhood respiratory virus: Human metapneumovirus
New research has identified the relatively unknown human metapneumovirus (MPV) as the second most common…
Drug shown to reverse radioiodine resistance in some advanced thyroid cancers
Researchers have found that the investigational drug selumetinib shuts down the signaling of genetic mutations…
Photonics: Deconstructed nanosensors light the way forward
A flexible design approach for nanosensors that overcomes practicality and reliability issues is now available.
Semiconductor interfaces: Big opportunities for tiny insulators
A model that predicts real-world behaviors of insulator interfaces makes designing ‘nano-electronic’ materials significantly simpler.
Manufacturing: Chip-free ceramics
Rethinking the process used to machine industrially important ceramics could reduce damaging cracks and chips.
Threat bias interacts with combat, gene to boost PTSD risk
Soldiers preoccupied with threat at the time of enlistment or with avoiding it just before…