Female mice that voluntarily exercise during pregnancy have offspring that are more physically active as…
Month: March 2016
Researchers tackle mystery of protein folding
A chemistry approach is solving some of the riddles of the complex protein-building process of…
Brain cancer: Two essential amino acids might hold key to better outcomes
The altered metabolism of two essential amino acids helps drive the development of the most…
How the brain processes emotions
A new study reveals how two populations of neurons in the brain contribute to the…
Scientists discover a missing link between tau and memory loss
Scientists have long known that the protein tau is involved in dementia, but until recently,…
Scientists work their magic on ‘shrunken finger illusion’
What happens when you rest a chopped ping pong ball on your finger and look…
Sweet tooth? Flies have it too — new study shows how they know what to eat and when to stop
In studying the eating behavior of fruit flies, scientists have discovered a set of throat…
3-D ‘mini-retinas’ grown from mouse and human stem cells
Stem cell science has progressed so that researchers can now share recipes for making human…
Virus evolution differs by species of mosquito carrier
A new study on how the West Nile virus evolves in four species of mosquitos…
A fossilized snake shows its true colors
Ten million years ago, a green and black snake lay coiled in the Spanish undergrowth….