Neuroscientists may soon be modern-day harpooners, snaring individual brain-cell signals instead of whales with tiny…
Month: June 2013
Current global food production trajectory won’t meet 2050 needs
Crop yields worldwide are not increasing quickly enough to support estimated global needs in 2050,…
Scientists identify emotions based on brain activity
For the first time, scientists have identified which emotion a person is experiencing based on…
Mindfulness can increase wellbeing and reduce stress in school children
Mindfulness — a mental training that develops sustained attention that can change the ways people…
Some parents want their child to redeem their broken dreams
Some parents desire for their children to fulfill their own unrealized ambitions, just as psychologists…
Scientists date prehistoric bacterial invasion still present in today’s plant and animal cells
How long ago did bacteria invade the one-celled ancestors of plants and animals to become…
New details about H7N9 influenza infections that suddenly appeared in China
Researchers have revealed new information about the latest strain of type A influenza, known as…
A new model — and possible treatment — for staph bone infections
Osteomyelitis — a debilitating bone infection most frequently caused by Staphylococcus aureus (“staph”) bacteria –…
Brain can plan actions toward things the eye doesn’t see
People can plan strategic movements to several different targets at the same time, even when…
Biological fitness trumps other traits in mating game
When a new species emerges following adaptive changes to its local environment, the process of…