Researchers have found that a psychedelic drug, (R)-DOI, prevents the development of allergic asthma in…
Month: February 2015
Serotonin-deficient brains more vulnerable to social stress
Mice deficient in serotonin — a crucial brain chemical implicated in clinical depression — are…
Nano-antioxidants prove their potential
Injectable nanoparticles that could protect an injured person from further damage due to oxidative stress…
Buckyballs offer environmental benefits
Treated carbon-60 molecules have the ability to recover valuable metals from liquids, including water and…
Floods created home of Europe’s biggest waterfall
A massive canyon that is home to Europe’s most powerful waterfall was created in a…
F-bombs notwithstanding, all languages skew toward happiness: Universal human bias for positive words
Arabic movie subtitles, Korean tweets, Russian novels, Chinese websites, English lyrics, and even the war-torn…
Coral snake venom reveals a unique route to lethality
For more than a decade, a vial of rare snake venom refused to give up…
Swimming reptiles make their mark in the Early Triassic
Vertebrate tracks provide valuable information about animal behavior and environments. Swim tracks are a unique…
Brain develops abnormally over lifespan of people who stutter
The largest-ever MRI imaging study of stuttering is the first to examine brain changes across…
Molecular Gastronomy: Understanding physical and chemical processes of cooking and eating
An expert in biophysics, epigenetics and food science is working to gain a deeper understanding…