Last week, an international group of researchers shed light on oxygen’s role in enhancing red…
Month: January 2016
Long-term benefits of improving your toddler’s memory skills
Preschoolers who score lower on a memory task are likely to score higher on a…
Most energetic light ever observed from a few kilometers large star
Scientists working with the Major Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) observatory have reported the discovery…
NASA’s Terra satellite spots record-breaking Hurricane Pali
Shortly after NASA’s Terra satellite passed over Tropical Storm Pali it strengthened into a record-breaking…
Basic ratio capacity may serve as building block for math knowledge
Understanding fractions is a critical mathematical ability, and yet it’s one that continues to confound…
Long-term opioid use associated with increased risk of depression
Opioids may cause short-term improvement in mood, but long-term use imposes risk of new-onset depression,…
DNA supply chain explained
Cell survival depends on having a plentiful and balanced pool of the four chemical building…
Revealed: The awful anchor that lets UTIs take hold
The freaky, flexible coils of the UTI bacterium let it survive where others cannot. But…
Singing in the brain: Songbirds sing like humans
Research on Bengalese finches showed that each of their vocal muscles can change its function…
Racial disparity in premature births contributes significantly to infant mortality problem
Black women are nearly four times more likely than white women to have a baby…