You won’t make big cuts in your environmental impact by taking shorter showers or turning…
Month: February 2016
Omega-3 fatty acids may lower breast cancer risk in postmenopausal obese women
Omega-3 fatty acids may lower the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal obese women, according…
EU decision process hinders use of genetically modified trees
Just like other crops, trees can also be genetically modified in order to introduce new,…
Attention bias modification treatment in depressed adolescents
A new study reports that adolescents with major depression who performed a computer-based task designed…
Freshwater biodiversity has positive impact on global food security
Inland freshwaters with a greater variety of fish species (biodiversity) have higher-yielding and less variable…
Research pinpoints devastating impacts of fetal alcohol syndrome
Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are affected by a range of problems, including anxiety,…
Counting molecules with an ordinary cell phone
A new visual readout method to count individual nucleic acid molecules within a sample can…
Could a bacteria-killing protein lead to a new treatment for diabetes?
Why would a bacteria-killing protein be present in an area of the body that is…
Regulation of Parkinson’s disease inflammatory responses by a MicroRNA
A small regulatory RNA called microRNA-155 appears to play a key role in the brain…
New way to reduce plant lignin could lead to cheaper biofuels
For the first time that an enzyme can be tweaked to reduce lignin in plants….