Month: February 2014

The lipid-rich membranes of cells are largely impermeable to proteins, but evolution has provided a…

A promising compound for cancer treatment has been synthesized in a laboratory by a PhD…

Despite strokes being on the decline in the U.S., more women are dying from them…

Domoic acid accumulates in seafood and is toxic to the brain. Research indicates that the…

A process that turns on photosynthesis in plants likely developed on Earth in ancient microbes…

Topological insulators could exist in six new types not seen before. Topological insulators — materials…

A new article demonstrates that chloride levels are abnormally elevated from birth in the neurons…

A neuroscientist and gerontologist team up to investigate the effects of a antioxidant-rich nutritional supplement…

Molecular biologists have identified a protein that regulates the information present in a large number…

Water molecules traveling through tiny carbon nanotube pipes do not flow continuously but rather intermittently,…