Researchers have determined that a copper compound known for decades may form the basis for…
Month: June 2014
With the right rehabilitation, paralyzed rats learn to grip again
After a large stroke, motor skills barely improve, even with rehabilitation. An experiment conducted on…
Scientists discover link between climate change and ocean currents over 6 million years
Scientists have discovered a relationship between climate change and ocean currents over the past six…
Habitat fragmentation increases vulnerability to disease in wild plants
Proximity to other meadows increases disease resistance in wild meadow plants, according to a new…
Unexpected origin for important parts of the nervous system
A new study shows that a part of the nervous system, the parasympathetic nervous system,…
New evidence for ‘oceans’ of water deep in Earth: Water bound in mantle rock alters view of Earth’s composition
Researchers report evidence for potentially oceans worth of water deep beneath the United States. Though…
Father’s age influences rate of evolution: 90% of new mutations from father, chimpanzee study shows
The offspring of chimpanzees inherit 90 percent of new mutations from their father, and just…
Cellular complexity of brain tumors charted
Scientists have conducted a first-of-its-kind study that characterizes the cellular diversity within glioblastoma tumors from…
Quantum computation: Fragile yet error-free
Physicists have experimentally encoded one quantum bit (qubit) in entangled states distributed over several particles…
Long-range tunneling of quantum particles
One of the most remarkable consequences of the rules in quantum mechanics is the capability…