Two common conditions in pregnancy may be risk factors for future diabetes according to a…
Month: April 2013
Dying supergiant stars implicated in hours-long gamma-ray bursts
Three unusually long-lasting stellar explosions discovered by NASA’s Swift satellite represent a previously unrecognized class…
NASA’s Wind mission encounters ‘SLAMS’ waves
To tease out what happens at that boundary of the magnetosphere and to better understand…
Memory, the adolescent brain and lying: The limits of neuroscientific evidence in the law
Brain scans are increasingly able to reveal whether you believe you remember some person or…
Genetic markers linked to the development of lymphedema in breast cancer survivors
A new study has found a clear association between certain genes and the development of…
Researchers create novel optical fibers
Researchers have found a novel way to propagate multiple beams of light in a single…
‘Survival of the fittest’ now applies to computers: Surprising similarities found between genetic and computer codes
“Survival of the fittest” originally referred to natural selection in biological systems, but new research…
Parents can help their children avoid alcohol pitfalls during transition from high school to college
The transition from high school to college is a particularly vulnerable time for alcohol experimentation….
Routine EKG finding could signal serious heart problem
A common test that records the heart’s electrical activity could predict potentially serious cardiovascular illness,…
Patients with surgical complications provide greater hospital profit-margins
Privately insured surgical patients with a complication provided hospitals with a 330 percent higher profit…