Fifteen years after California entrepreneur and downhill ski champion Mike May underwent a pioneering stem…
Month: April 2015
Brain development suffers from lack of fish oil fatty acids, study finds
While recent reports question whether fish oil supplements support heart health, scientists have found that…
Perceptions of environmental damage improves over time, despite lack of real change
Human perception of the beetle kill problem in the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska has improved…
Should a political party form a coalition? Voters and math decide
A new paper proposes mathematical models to analyze political decision-making. “Mathematics is important in many…
How Twitter can help predict emergency room visits
Researchers analyzed asthma-related tweets, along with data from air quality sensors, to successfully predict how…
Iceberg armadas not the cause of North Atlantic cooling
Armadas of icebergs were probably not the cause of abrupt episodes of cooling in the…
Core competencies for oncology patient navigators published
45 core competency statements have been finalized for oncology patient navigators. These competency statements were…
How oxytocin makes a mom: Hormone teaches maternal brain to respond to offspring’s needs
Neuroscientists have discovered how the powerful brain hormone oxytocin acts on individual brain cells to…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Nears Historic July 14 Encounter with Pluto
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is three months from returning to humanity the first-ever close up…
Discovery of new plant switch could boost crops, biofuel production
Photosynthesis stores energy in two forms that are used to power plants’ metabolism. The amount…