Children could play an important role in solutions to reduce marine litter with some already…
Month: January 2015
Extreme obesity calls for individualized medication
Doctors and pharmacists often do not take obesity into account when prescribing medication. For this,…
12-year study confirms overall safety of measles vaccines
A 12-year study of two measles-containing vaccines found that seven main adverse outcomes were unlikely…
Unveiling how the children’s tummy bug, rotavirus, causes infection
Researchers have significantly advanced understanding of a virus that kills up to half a million…
Planet-hunting satellite observes supermassive black hole
Astrophysicists combined ground observations with those from NASA’s planet-hunting satellite. The study looked at a…
Researchers map direct gut-brain connection
Scientists have mapped a cell-to-cell connection between the gut and the nervous system that may…
Of flies and ants: New ant decapitation behavior of Dohrniphora flies
While watching tiny flies in tropical forests in Brazil, Giar-Ann Kung puzzledly remarked to Brian…
When DNA gets sent to time-out: New details revealed in the coordinated regulation of large stretches of DNA
For a skin cell to do its job, it must turn on a completely different…
New treatment offers hope for headshaking in horses
A new study has found a treatment called percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation could reduce signs…
New technology enables ultra-fast steering and shaping of light beams
A team of engineers has developed a new acousto-optic device that can shape and steer…