Using a discovery platform whose components range from yeast cells to human stem cells, scientists…
Month: October 2013
Young, black women at highest risk for lupus, suffer more life-threatening complications
Lupus prevalence was three times higher than previous estimates, reaching one in 537 black female…
Ghostly shape of ‘coldest place in the universe’ revealed
Astronomers have taken a new look at the Boomerang Nebula, the so-called “coldest place in…
Grafted limb cells acquire molecular ‘fingerprint’ of new location
Cells triggering tissue regeneration that are taken from one limb and grafted onto another acquire…
Could the Colorado River once have flowed into the Labrador Sea?
Geologists advocate a possible Canadian connection for the early Miocene Grand Canyon by arguing for…
100 percent of an image restored using a version containing between one and 10 percent of the information
A computer engineer has developed algorithms to reduce and optimize images; using a reduced image…
Behavior problems in preschool, child care centers may be an issue of genes
A new study suggests that some children may be genetically predisposed to developing behavioral problems…
Washing your hands makes you optimistic
Washing our hands influences how we think, judge and decide. This is what researchers confirmed…
For fish and rice to thrive in Yolo Bypass, ‘just add water’
From a fish-eye view, the rice fields of California’s Yolo Bypass are one big dehydrated…
Deadly gaps persist in new drug development for neglected diseases
Researchers report a persistent deficiency in truly new therapeutics for neglected diseases, despite nominal progress…