A certain detail from patients’ brain scans could help clinicians identify which people are more…
Month: June 2015
Tracking genetic arms race between humans, mosquitoes
Individual populations of mosquitoes are under strong evolutionary pressure from humans and their environment, a…
Supercomputer model shows planet making waves in nearby debris disk
A new supercomputer simulation of the planet and debris disk around the nearby star Beta…
Blue and fin whale distribution in waters off Southern California
A new study indicates a steady population trend for blue whales and an upward population…
Most of America’s poor have jobs, study finds
Sociologists evaluated 129 existing methods for defining the ‘working poor’ and propose one method as…
Giant axonal neuropathy: Researchers develop innovative gene transfer-based treatment approach
Researchers have developed an innovative, experimental gene transfer-based treatment for children with giant axonal neuropathy…
Lax rules put Congo’s forests, key carbon reserve, at risk
Without new conservation efforts, the Democratic Republic of Congo could lose up to 20 percent…
Compound in magnolia may combat head and neck cancers
As one of the compounds in magnolia extract, honokiol has been used for centuries in…
Synthetic biology used to engineer new route to biochemicals
Chemists create a new pathway that allows E. coli bacteria to feed on sugar and…
Some snowy forestlands cool climate better without trees
Forests worldwide are increasingly used to store carbon as a way to slow climate change,…