The answer to longevity may be far simpler than we imagine; it may in fact…
Month: March 2013
Widespread ‘test-and-treat’ HIV policies could increase dangerous drug resistance
One of the most widely advocated strategies for dealing with HIV/AIDS could double the number…
Petroleum use, greenhouse gas emissions of automobiles could drop 80 percent by 2050: U.S. report
A new report finds that by the year 2050, the United States may be able…
Gone but not forgotten: Yearning for lost loved ones linked to altered thinking about the future
People suffering from complicated grief may have difficulty recalling specific events from their past or…
Elite athletes also excel at some cognitive tasks
New research suggests that elite athletes — Olympic medalists in volleyball, for example — perform…
Map of ‘shortcuts’ between all human genes
Researchers have generated the full set of distances, routes and degrees of separation between any…
Human microbe study provides insight into health, disease
Microbes from the human mouth are telling scientists something about periodontitis and more after they…
Computer models show how deep carbon could return to Earth’s surface
Computer simulations of water under extreme pressure are helping geochemists understand how carbon might be…
Ten times more hurricane surges in future, new research predicts
How much worse will the frequency of extreme storm surges get as temperatures rise in…
Oxygen-poor ‘boring’ ocean challenged evolution of early life
Biogeochemists have filled in a billion-year gap in our understanding of conditions in the early…