A standard experimental model of concussion in rats causes substantial brain damage -— but no…
Month: March 2014
Gene family linked to brain evolution implicated in severity of autism symptoms
The same gene family that may have helped the human brain become larger and more…
Surprising new way to kill cancer cells
Cancer cells — and not normal cells — can be killed by eliminating either the…
Emerging carbon trading markets offer lessons
Carbon trading markets that attempt to limit greenhouse gas emissions have met with mixed political…
Dust in the wind drove iron fertilization during ice age
A longstanding hypothesis that wind-borne dust carried iron to the region of the globe north…
Obesity, depression linked in teen girls, new study shows
Depression and obesity have long been associated, but how they relate over time is less…
Cholesterol transporter structure decoded
For the first time, scientists have solved the high-resolution structure of the molecular transporter TSPO,…
Preterm children at increased risk of having math problems
Preterm children are at an increased risk of having general cognitive and mathematic problems, research…
Now even more likely that there are particles smaller than Higgs out there
Nobody has seen them yet; particles that are smaller than the Higgs particle. However theories…
UV exposure found to lower folate levels in young women
Women who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant and taking a folic acid supplement…