Scientists CT scanned fetal whale specimens from the museum’s marine mammal collection to trace the…
Month: March 2015
Saharan ‘carpet of tools’ is earliest known human-made landscape
A new intensive survey of the Messak Settafet escarpment, a massive outcrop of sandstone in…
When to keep kids home from school: Expert opinion
For many reasons, a child being home from school while sick can be stressful. Parents…
Babies’ body mass index may predict childhood obesity
Body mass index during infancy may help predict if a child will be obese by…
How genetic changes lead to familial Alzheimer’s disease
Mutations in the presenilin-1 gene are the most common cause of inherited, early-onset forms of…
Physics of clouds: Long-held ideas about turbulence disproven
In 1941, Russian physicist Andrey Kolmogorov developed a theory of turbulence that has served as…
Experience of time is altered in depression, meta-study shows
Patients suffering from depression appear to experience time differently than healthy individuals. Statements made by…
Concurrent chemoradiation treatment at high-volume facilities improves survival for NSCLC
Patients treated with definitive concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy for stage III non-small cell lung…
Feasibility of blood-based test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease
The first evidence that a simple blood test could be developed to confirm the presence…
Saturn moon’s ocean may harbor hydrothermal activity, spacecraft data suggest
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first clear evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus exhibits…