Brain tumor stem cells can resist treatment and regrow tumors, but scientists have identified a…
Month: June 2015
Virtual reality sheds new light on how we navigate in the dark
A series of immersive virtual reality experiments has confirmed that the human brain’s internal navigation…
Neuroscience and psychology paint more complete picture of sleep and memory
A new study integrates neuroscience and psychological research to reveal how sleep suppresses certain nerve…
College students who binge drink have more delayed sleep timing, variable sleep schedules
A new study suggests that students who initiate and/or continue drinking and engage in binge…
Twitter data may help shed light on sleep disorders
Researchers have built the beginnings of ‘digital phenotype’ of insomnia and other sleep disorders based…
Daily aspirin could block growth of breast, other cancers, lab study suggests
A new lab study found that a daily dose of aspirin was effective at blocking…
A protein provides emergency aid
Small heat shock proteins ensure that other proteins do not clot, allowing the cell to…
High salt prevents weight gain in mice on a high-fat diet
In a study that seems to defy conventional dietary wisdom, scientists have found that adding…
Variable surfaces: Smooth or bumpy on demand
Scientists have developed a way of making soft materials, using a 3-D printer, with surface…
Winner doesn’t always take all
Theoretically predicted and now demonstrated experimentally for the first time using soil bacteria: weaker organisms…