Month: October 2013

Most of us are infected with the herpesvirus known as Epstein-Barr virus. For most of…

Our ability to detect heat, touch, tickling and other sensations depends on our sensory nerves….

New research challenges long-standing ideas on how neurotransmitter gets released at neuronal synapses.

One of the most important proteins implicated in cancer is p53. Researchers have identified a…

Research has shown that exercise is good for the brain. Now investigators have identified a…

Human skin must cope with the sun and other environmental factors that fluctuate in a…

When people want to direct the attention of others, they naturally do so by pointing,…

Scientists have discovered key details of a brain-to-body signaling circuit that enables roundworms to lose…

New research has shown that the stomach naturally produces more stem cells than previously realized,…

The city of Providence, R.I., is taking the fight against Big Tobacco to a new…