Over 500,000 calls are made to poison control centers each year after accidental ingestion of…
Month: July 2013
Over 90 percent of dementia cases in China are undetected, study finds
An international team of researchers has found that over 90 percent of dementia cases in…
Trust in leaders, sense of belonging stir people to safeguard common goods, analysis shows
Charitable contributions are at historical lows, fossil fuel reserves are shrinking, and climate change threatens…
Adenoviruses may pose risk for monkey-to-human leap
Adenoviruses commonly infect humans, causing colds, flu-like symptoms and sometimes even death, but now researchers…
Profile of likely e-mail phishing victims emerges in human factors/ergonomics research
A new paper describes behavioral, cognitive, and perceptual attributes of e-mail users who are vulnerable…
Molluscs vs. bacteria: New finding on marine natural products biosynthesis
The gastropod mollusc Scaphander lignarius — a marine invertebrate found in North Atlantic and Mediterranean…
Football myth kicked into touch
Barcelona, Bayern Munich and the Spanish football team might dominate the beautiful game, but new…
Elementary physics in a single molecule
Physicists have succeeded in performing an extraordinary experiment: They demonstrated how magnetism that generally manifests…
Pigeons fly home with a map in their heads
It is a fascinating phenomenon that homing pigeons always find their way home. Researchers have…
‘Epilepsy in a dish’: Stem cell research reveals clues to disease’s origins and may aid search for better drugs
A new stem cell-based approach to studying epilepsy has yielded a surprising discovery about what…