A research study has debunked the widely-held belief that the hippocampus, a crucial part of…
Month: October 2015
Low-fat diet not most effective in long-term weight loss
The effectiveness of low-fat diet on weight-loss has been debated for decades, and hundreds of…
Excitement grows as NASA carbon sleuth begins Year Two
Scientists busy poring over more than a year of data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2…
‘Ensemble’ modeling could lead to better flu forecasts
By combining data from a variety of non-traditional sources, a research team led by computational…
New design points a path to the ‘ultimate’ battery
Researchers have successfully demonstrated how several of the problems impeding the practical development of the…
Warming waters a major factor in the collapse of New England cod
Today, cod stocks are on the verge of collapse, hovering at 3-4 percent of sustainable…
New primate species at root of tree of extant hominoids
Researchers have described the new genus and species, Pliobates cataloniae, based on a skeleton recovered…
Single gene variation linked to obesity
A single variation in the gene for brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF) may influence obesity in…
Who mothers mommy?
Tending to their children’s needs is a tireless task that knows no schedules or time…
Water-treatment plants are not supposed to harm the functioning of river ecosystems
When a river receives waste water from a treatment plant, the plant’s efficiency is revealed….