More large storms in the future, such as Storm Desmond, will increase the loss of…
Month: January 2016
Both hemispheres of the brain process numbers
Researchers have located an important region for the visual processing of numbers in the human…
The Milky Way’s clean and tidy galactic neighbor
Many galaxies are chock-full of dust, while others have occasional dark streaks of opaque cosmic…
HIV protein manipulates hundreds of human genes to advance progression into AIDS, study shows
Researchers have deciphered how a small protein made by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that…
Life expectancy three years longer for children born into smaller families in developing world
Children born into smaller families in the world’s poorest nations will live an expected three…
Uncorrected farsightedness linked to literacy deficits in preschoolers
A study funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of…
Uncovering hidden microbial lineages from hot springs
Biologists have utilized the largest collection of metagenomic datasets to uncover a completely novel bacterial…
Inflammatory changes in the brain twenty years before Alzheimer onset
Roughly twenty years before the first symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease appear, inflammatory changes in the…
Electric transport across molybdenum disulfide grain boundaries
A scientific team has identified previously undiscovered differences in grain boundaries. According to the paper,…
Important falls in death rates from leukemia in Europe predicted for 2016
Death rates from leukemia among people of all ages in Europe are falling, according to…