Scientists have been trying for years to make a practical lithium-ion battery anode out of…
Month: January 2016
New drug could be safer, non-addictive alternative to morphine
A painkiller has been developed that is as strong as morphine but isn’t likely to…
Treating Parkinson’s disease by solving the mysteries of movement
Two secrets of one of the brain’s most enigmatic regions have finally been revealed. In…
Completely new kind of polymer could lead to artificial muscles, self-repairing materials
Imagine a polymer with removable parts that can deliver something to the environment and then…
Heavy fermions get nuclear boost on way to superconductivity
Physicists have made a surprising discovery that the arrangement of atomic nuclei spins helps bring…
How severe maternal inflammation can lead to autism-like behavior
A group of researchers found that immune cells activated in the mother during severe inflammation…
How ‘more food per field’ could help save our wild spaces
Increased farm yields could help to spare land from agriculture for natural habitats that benefit…
Chemists uncover how key agent allows diseases to reproduce
Chemists have revealed the chemistry behind how certain diseases, from anthrax to tuberculosis, replicate. The…
Why children are more likely to develop food allergies
An estimated 15 million Americans suffer from food allergies, many of them children. These are…
It’s complicated: Benefits and toxicity of anti-prion antibodies in the brain
Immunotherapy to ameliorate neurodegeneration by targeting brain protein aggregates with antibodies is an area of…