A study of risk communication as it relates to altruistic behavior has found that portraying…
Month: January 2016
What is 10 miles across, but powers an explosion brighter than the Milky Way?
Right now, astronomers are viewing a ball of hot gas billions of light years away…
How malaria fools our immune system
Medical researchers reconstructed the 3D structure of one of the proteins of Plasmodium falciparum, the…
Scientists get mice to pay attention by manipulating neurons in brain
Researchers have identified for the first time a cell type in the brain of mice…
Brain waves may be spread by weak electrical field
Researchers may have found a new way information is communicated throughout the brain. Their discovery…
Medical school program addresses rural physician shortage
Mirroring national trends, 97 percent of the 101 rural counties in Missouri are designated Primary…
Palliative care initiated in the ED associated with improved quality of life
A palliative care consultation initiated in the emergency department (ED) for patients with advanced cancer…
California state fish can benefit from restoring, protecting streamside meadows
Rising temperatures can create stressful and possibly lethal stream habitat for native trout. To help…
Charting the growth of one of the world’s oldest babies
The discovery of a juvenile Chasmosaurus — one of the rarest dinosaur discoveries — made…
Study seeks nature’s best biocatalysts for biofuel production
Researchers are looking beyond the usual suspects in the search for microbes that can efficiently…