The impact of major cardiovascular risk factors combined is greater in women than men and…
Month: August 2014
Groundbreaking approach to understanding social interaction
Scientists have created the Human Dynamic Clamp to address the difficult problem of studying social…
Want to kill creativity of women in teams? Fire up the competition
Women tend to outperform men when it comes to collaboration and creativity in small working…
Vaccine alternative protects mice against malaria
Injecting a vaccine-like compound into mice was effective in protecting them from malaria, a study…
Medicinal oil reduces debilitating epileptic seizures associated with glut 1 deficiency, trial shows
A rare metabolic disease that caused hundreds of seizures daily for a 6-year-old is now…
Mapping infant brain growth in first three months of life using MRI technology
A new approach to measuring early brain development of infants has been developed by scientists,…
A global temperature conundrum: Cooling or warming climate?
When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently requested a figure on global temperature trends…
Therapy for ultraviolet laser beams: Hydrogen-treated fibers
Scientists have known for years that hydrogen can alter the performance of optical fibers, which…
Synthetic molecule makes cancer self-destruct
A molecule that can cause cancer cells to self-destruct by ferrying sodium and chloride ions…
Can fiction stories make us more empathetic?
Exposure to narrative fiction may improve our ability to understand what other people are thinking…