As climate changes get more pronounced, people everywhere will have to adjust. In this week’s…
Month: November 2013
Plant cell architecture: Growth toward a light source
Inside every plant cell, a cytoskeleton provides an interior scaffolding to direct construction of the…
Babies named for fathers, not mothers, reflect US cultural ideologies
From Cal Ripkin, Jr., to Robert Downey, Jr., finding men named after their fathers —…
New method predicts time from Alzheimer’s onset to nursing home, death
A research team has clinically validated a new method for predicting time to nursing home…
Small RNA molecule in blood could help diagnose pancreatic cancer
A cancer researcher has demonstrated that a particular molecule is present in the blood of…
Tobacco myths persist 50 years after US Surgeon General warned Americans of smoking dangers
Tobacco misconceptions prevail in the United States despite the dramatic drop in smoking rates since…
Children born prematurely face up to 19 times greater risk of retinal detachment
Children born extremely prematurely have up to a 19 times greater risk of retinal detachment…
Hope builds for drug that might shut down variety of cancers
The most frequently mutated gene across all types of cancers is a gene called p53….
Unique sighting of lava solves mystery
Scientists have made the first ever observations of how a rare type of lava continues…
The Tao of pee: The science behind urination
Although we don’t often think about it, fluid dynamics touches almost every aspect of our…