Month: June 2014

Experts believe language uses both a mental dictionary and a mental grammar.  The mental ‘dictionary’…

Child maltreatment, whatever its form, produces functional brain changes that increase vulnerability to alcohol consumption…

New research has revealed the causes and warning signs of rare tsunami earthquakes, which may…

Users of social media sites such as Facebook are less willing to recommend products and…

A study of individuals who have been adopted has identified genetics as the dominant risk…

New research has provided a major new theory on the cause of the ice age…

Scientists have discovered how a bloodsucking parasite has transformed Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) into one…

Chemists have constructed liquid crystals with optical properties that can be instantly and reversibly controlled…

Researchers have detected the smallest force ever measured — approximately 42 yoctonewtons — using a…

A chemical engineer has spent a decade amassing evidence that palladium-gold nanoparticles are excellent catalysts…