Around this time every year, the flu virus infects up to one-fifth of the US…
Month: December 2015
Graphene nanoribbons get metallic
Researchers have succeeded in experimentally realizing metallic graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) that are only 5 carbon…
Can your pet boost your sex appeal?
Dogs and cats are increasingly seen as being a crucial member of a traditional family,…
Novel imaging technique captures beauty of metal-labeled neurons in 3-D
A dazzling new method of visualizing neurons has been discovered that promises to benefit neuroscientists…
In aging, one size does not fit all
New research provides a suite of measurements that could replace conventional measures of age, supporting…
Sepsis: Cell therapy to repair muscle long-term impairment
Researchers reveal mayor players in the severe muscle damage caused by sepsis, or septicemia, which…
Stem cell transplantation does not provide significant improvement for Crohn’s disease
Among adults with difficult to treat Crohn’s disease not amenable to surgery, hematopoietic stem cell…
Carbs, not fats, boost half-marathon race performance
Recent studies have proposed that burning fat instead of carbohydrates will improve exercise performance because…
Turning point of a lifetime: Seeing life in its first three days
For the first time, scientists can observe the first two to three days of a…
XXL hunt for galaxy clusters: Observations from ESO telescopes provide crucial third dimension in probe of Universe’s dark side
ESO telescopes have provided an international team of astronomers with the gift of the third…