Among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common pediatric cancer, those from high-poverty areas…
Month: February 2016
What bats reveal about how humans focus attention
You’re at a crowded party, noisy with multiple conversations, music and clinking glasses. But when…
Detecting hidden malicious ads
A new, dynamic detection system could prevent malicious ads from entering the market to protect…
Influenza viruses can hide from the immune system
Influenza is able to mask itself, so that the virus is not initially detected by…
For weather forecasting, precise observations matter more than butterflies
Small disturbances, like the flapping of a butterfly’s wings, don’t really matter for weather forecasts….
It’s great to have siblings, but they’re also hard work
Children love having brothers and sisters; but they can also be hard work, particularly when…
How sweet can you get? Plant-derived sweetener thaumatin becomes 1.7 times sweeter after amino acid swap
Researchers have made a sweeter version of thaumatin, a natural sweetener commonly used in ‘diet’…
New study finds our desire for ‘like-minded others’ is hard-wired
A path-breaking new study on how we seek similarity in relationships upends the idea that…
Mystery of Dracula orchids’ mimicry is unraveled with a 3-D printer
Scientists have unlocked the mystery of mimicry used by Dracula orchids to attract flies and…
Body’s immune system may play larger role in Alzheimer’s disease than thought
Immune cells that normally help us fight off bacterial and viral infections may play a…