Researchers have identified the mechanism by which the cell’s proteasome ramps up its activity to…
Month: April 2013
Bird navigation: Great balls of iron
Every year millions of birds make heroic journeys guided by the earth’s magnetic field. How…
Cardio could hold key to cancer cure
Regular exercise has been proven to reduce the chance of developing liver cancer in a…
U.S. health insurance survey: 84 million people were uninsured for a time or underinsured in 2012
84 million people — nearly half of working-age US adults — went without health insurance…
Racing car with electric drive
Drive technology has an electric future – of this research scientists are in no doubt….
Poor parenting — including overprotection — increases bullying risk
Children who are exposed to negative parenting — including abuse, neglect but also overprotection —…
Breath study brings roadside drug testing closer
A group of researchers from Sweden have provided further evidence that illegal drugs can be…
Tracking gunfire with a smartphone
A team of computer engineers has developed an inexpensive hardware module and related software that…
Boosting the powers of genomic science
Scientists describe novel statistical models that more broadly and deeply identify associations between bits of…
How Parkinson’s disease protein acts like a virus
A protein known to be a key player in the development of Parkinson’s disease is…