Children with Cushing syndrome may be at higher risk for suicide as well as for…
Month: March 2016
‘I care for you,’ says the autistic moral brain
“Autistic people are cold and feel no empathy.” True? It is a pervasive stereotype, but…
Uncertainty can cause more stress than inevitable pain
Knowing that there is a small chance of getting a painful electric shock can lead…
Early-stage embryos with abnormalities may still develop into healthy babies, study shows
Abnormal cells in the early embryo are not necessarily a sign that a baby will…
The non-driving millennial? Not so simple, says new research
The popular notion that millennials are choosing not drive may be oversimplified, a new report…
Stressed out: scientist details cells’ response to lesions
A researcher details several coping strategies cells use when they face replication stress: the cellular…
2016 Arctic sea ice wintertime extent hits another record low
Arctic sea ice appears to have reached a record low wintertime maximum extent for the…
A sensitive subject: Researchers catalog patterns of vibration on skin of the hand are part of how we sense the world through touch
Patterns of vibration on the skin of the hand that are part of how we…
New method of trapping multiple particles using fluidics
Precise control of an individual particle or molecule is a difficult task. Controlling multiple particles…
Gene blocking lettuce germination also regulates flowering time
This study of lettuce and Arabidopsis shows for the first time that a gene known…