A method to selectively enhance or inhibit optical nonlinearities in a chip-scale device has been…
Month: March 2015
Hidden hazards found in ‘green’ products
Common consumer products, including those marketed as ‘green,’ ‘all-natural,’ ‘non-toxic’ and ‘organic’ emit a range…
Energetic immune cells vital for fighting disease
A good immune system relies on a key ‘energy producing’ protein in immune cells to…
Reliance on smartphones linked to lazy thinking
Our smartphones help us find a phone number quickly, provide us with instant directions and…
Magnetic material attracts attention for cancer therapy
An extraordinary self-regulating heating effect that can be achieved in a particular type of magnetic…
Yucatan Peninsula hit by tsunami 1,500 years ago, evidence indicates
The eastern coastline of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a mecca for tourists, may have been walloped…
Turning a vole into a mighty rodent
Take a wild, common forest-dwelling mouse-like rodent, known as a vole, and subject it to…
Neuropathy: Relief for diabetics with painful condition
Those with painful diabetic neuropathy who received two low dose rounds of a non-viral gene…
Understanding how the stomach responds to injury could help target therapy against gastric damage
A better understanding of the stomach’s immune response to Helicobater pylori infection could lead to…
Little evidence that executive function interventions boost student achievement
Despite growing enthusiasm among educators and scholars about the potential of school-based executive function interventions…