Why are some 75-year-olds downright spry while others can barely get around? Part of the…
Month: May 2014
Antarctic Ice Sheet unstable at end of last ice age
A new study has found that the Antarctic Ice Sheet began melting about 5,000 years…
Extensive cataloging of human proteins uncovers 193 never known to exist
Striving for the protein equivalent of the Human Genome Project, an international team of researchers…
PTSD treatment cost-effective when patients given choice
A cost-analysis of post-traumatic stress disorder treatments shows that letting patients choose their course of…
Uncovering Clues to the Genetic Cause of Schizophrenia
The overall number and nature of mutations—rather than the presence of any single mutation—influences an…
Major discovery on the mechanism of drug resistance in leukemia and other cancers
A mechanism that enables the development of resistance to Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) anticancer drugs,…
NASA IceBridge concludes Arctic field campaign
Researchers with NASA’s Operation IceBridge have completed another successful Arctic field campaign. On May 23,…
Technology marketers should take consumer life-cycle into account, new study shows
Marketers should pay attention to where consumers are in their lifecycles when determining how to…
Cats found to eat more in the winter
Cats eat more during the winter and owners should give their pet more food during…
Dialysis patients’ anxiety, depression linked to physical impairments
Higher rates of depression and anxiety among adults undergoing dialysis could be associated with their…