Microsatellite Rising-2 succeeded in capturing high precision images of Earth’s surface. Using a High Precision…
Month: July 2014
Marijuana dependence alters the brain’s response to drug paraphernalia
New research demonstrates that drug paraphernalia triggers the reward areas of the brain differently in…
New knowledge about brain’s effective bouncer
Researchers are shedding new light on the brain’s complicated barrier tissue. The blood-brain barrier is…
What do Google searches tell us about our climate change fears?
Political ideology and education levels affect when people search for climate information, research indicates. Republicans…
Immune response to infectious disease: New findings on properdin
Knowledge in immunology has been advanced by recent research. A new paper presents significant new…
Health risks posed by ‘third hand’ tobacco smoke
The potential cancer risk in non-smokers — particularly young children — of tobacco smoke gases…
Self-assembling nanoparticle could improve MRI scanning for cancer diagnosis
A new self-assembling nanoparticle has been developed that targets tumors, to help doctors diagnose cancer…
Eroded swimmeret syndrome, a novel disease of the signal crayfish
Crayfish researchers have discovered, together with Swedish colleagues, a new disease plaguing female signal crayfish….
Live kidney donors face ‘pointless’ insurance troubles
Healthy living kidney donors often face pointless post-donation hurdles when seeking or changing health or…
Tracking the breakup of Arctic summer sea ice
An international team has placed sensors on and under Arctic sea ice to monitor this…