Women who are carriers of mutated BRCA genes are known to have a significantly higher…
Month: September 2015
Emotional behavior altered after multiple exposures to anesthesia during infancy
Repeated exposure to anesthesia early in life causes alterations in emotional behavior that may persist…
Variations in cell programs control cancer and normal stem cells
In the breast, cancer stem cells and normal stem cells can arise from different cell…
Still more blind can be cured
A number of illnesses causing blindness can be cured from transplanting cells from the oral…
How to curb emissions: Put a price on carbon
Literally putting a price on carbon pollution and other greenhouse gasses is the best approach…
Study shows how investments reflected shift in environmental views
A new study is the first to use financial investors’ actions, rather than self-reported opinions,…
New, ultrathin optical devices shape light in exotic ways
Researchers have developed innovative flat, optical lenses that are capable of manipulating light in ways…
Comet hitchhiker would take tour of small bodies
Catching a ride from one solar system body to another isn’t easy. You have to…
What happened to early Mars’ atmosphere? New study eliminates one theory
Scientists may be closer to solving the mystery of how Mars changed from a world…
At Saturn, one of these rings is not like the others
When the sun set on Saturn’s rings in August 2009, scientists on NASA’s Cassini mission…