According to an international team of researchers, the rapid pace of climate change is threatening…
Month: February 2014
How to make the wonder material graphene superconducting
Whenever a new material is discovered, scientists are eager to find out whether or not…
Males and females differ in specific brain structures
Reviewing over 20 years of neuroscience research into sex differences in brain structure, researchers have…
Revolutionary new view on heritability in plants: Complex heritable traits not only determined by changes in DNA sequence
Complex heritable traits are not only determined by changes in the DNA sequence. Scientists have…
Better RNA interference, inspired by nature: New nanoparticles offer best-ever gene silencing
Inspired by tiny particles that carry cholesterol through the body, chemical engineers have designed nanoparticles…
Lactate and brain function: How the body regulates fundamental neuro-hormone
New research has revealed a previously unknown mechanism in the body which regulates a hormone…
Scientists identify gene linking brain structure to intelligence
For the first time, scientists have identified a gene linking the thickness of the grey…
How our brain networks: White matter ‘scaffold’ of human brain revealed
For the first time, neuroscientists have systematically mapped the white matter “scaffold” of the human…
Is an earthquake behind the Shroud of Turin image? Radiation from earthquake could have led to ‘wrong’ 1988 dating
Neutron radiation caused by 33 A.D. earthquake could have led to “wrong” 1988 radiocarbon dating…
‘Smelling’ with our eyes: Descriptions affect odor perception
An odor is judged differently depending on whether it is accompanied by a positive or…