Teachers-in-training have long been taught that fourth grade is when students stop learning to read…
Month: July 2014
Human platelets successfully generated using next-generation bioreactor
A scalable, next-generation platelet bioreactor has been created to generate fully functional human platelets in…
New drug against malaria effective: Uses synchrotron light
The CD27 drug is a true alternative against malaria, researchers now report. They have analyzed…
Technology tracks the elusive Nightjar
Bioacoustic recorders could provide us with vital additional information to help us protect rare and…
Age-related macular degeneration occurs much earlier than previously assumed
Even individuals under the age of 50 years can suffer early forms of age-related macular…
First study worldwide to show higher concentration of trace elements in bone cancer
In a study that is the only one of its kind worldwide, researchers have investigated…
Children as young as three recognize ‘cuteness’ in faces of people, animals
Children as young as three are able to recognize the same ‘cute’ infantile facial features…
Study examines incentives to increase medical male circumcision to help reduce risk of HIV in Kenya
Among uncircumcised men in Kenya, compensation in the form of food vouchers worth approximately U.S….
Fecal transplants let packrats eat poison
Woodrats lost their ability to eat toxic creosote bushes after antibiotics killed their gut microbes….
Circumcision does not promote risky behavior by African men, study finds
Men do not engage in riskier behaviors after they are circumcised, according to a study…