A good night’s sleep is linked to better performance by schoolchildren in math and languages…
Month: January 2015
Wearable tracking devices alone won’t drive health behavior change, according to researchers
New Year’s weight loss resolutions are in full swing, but despite all the hype about…
Breathing in diesel exhaust leads to changes ‘deep under the hood’
Diesel exhaust switches some genes on, while switching others off, by altering the methylation of…
Quantum optical hard drive breakthrough
Scientists developing a prototype optical quantum hard drive have improved storage time by a factor…
Regional patterns of soot, dirt on North American snow discovered
A first large-scale survey of snow in the US and Canada finds that disturbed soil…
Longest-ever case of sperm storage in sharks documented
Biologists were taken aback when a shark egg case dropped by an adult bamboo shark,…
Unusual light signal yields clues about elusive black hole merger
Scientists have found what appear to be two supermassive black holes in the final stages…
Preventing transformer explosions
Technology used in the crumple zones of cars can avert serious explosions in transformers, believe…
Ethnic discrimination and health: Direct link found
Women who experience racial discrimination while pregnant suffer significant health impacts that are passed on…
Algae use same molecular machinery as land plants to respond to a plant hormone
Land-based plants — including the fruits and vegetables in your kitchen — produce and respond…