Using brain tumor samples collected from children in the United States and Europe, an international…
Month: May 2015
Defects in atomically thin semiconductor emit single photons
Researchers have shown that defects on an atomically thin semiconductor can produce light-emitting quantum dots….
Mystery of India’s rapid move toward Eurasia 80 million years ago explained
In the history of continental drift, India has been a mysterious record-holder. More than 140…
School competitive food policies appears tied to neighborhood socioeconomics
Policy changes in California to make the food and beverages that compete with school meal…
Study examines incidence of concussion in youth, high school, college football
A slight majority of concussions happened during youth football games but most concussions at the…
Kids likely to sleepwalk if parents have history of nocturnal strolls
More than 60 percent of children developed sleepwalking when both their parents were sleepwalkers in…
Scientists reconcile three unrelated theories of schizophrenia
A new study in mice links three previously unrelated hypotheses about the causes of schizophrenia,…
Foundations of heart regeneration uncovered: Outer layer of heart must be healed first
Medical researchers have found that a key to the zebrafish’s ability to regenerate cardiac tissue…
Juvenile shale gas in Sweden
Considering geological time scales, the occurrence of biogenic shale gas in Sweden´s crust is relatively…
Human clinical trials begin for deadly hendra virus therapy
The world’s first human clinical trials for a treatment against Hendra virus, a rare but…