A multinational study attempted to gauge the population trends of Arctic marine mammals and changes…
Month: April 2015
Percentage of Texans without health insurance drops dramatically
The percentage of Texans without health insurance dropped 31 percent since enrollment began in the…
Busy Americans can reap health benefits by balancing protein intake throughout the day
Researchers conducted a review of the current scientific literature on protein consumption and found that…
First embryonic stem cell therapy safety trial in Asian patients
A clinical trial for patients with degenerative eye diseases is the first to test the…
Role of telomeres in plant stem cells discovered
The development of an innovative technology that enables the monitoring of telomeres at the cellular…
Brain scan reveals out-of-body illusion
Neuroscientists have created an out-of-body illusion in participants placed inside a brain scanner. They then…
Keen sense of touch allows bats to fly with breathtaking precision
Bats fly with breathtaking precision because their wings are equipped with highly sensitive touch sensors,…
Wild bearded capuchin monkeys really know how to crack a nut
When it comes to cracking nuts, wild bearded capuchin monkeys are more skilled than anyone…
The regulating hand in ribosome formation
Biochemists have discovered a protein that regulates the hierarchical organization of ribosome development. Ribosomes are…
Light — not pain-killing drugs — used to activate brain’s opioid receptors
Neuroscientists have attached the light-sensing protein rhodopsin to opioid receptor parts to activate the receptor…