An important model in studying human disease, the non-coding RNA of the canine genome is…
Month: April 2016
Short-term language learning aids mental agility, study suggests
Mental agility can be boosted by even a short period of learning a language, a…
Early humans may have been food for carnivores 500,000 years ago
Tooth-marks on a 500,000-year-old hominin femur bone found in a Moroccan cave indicate that it…
Influenza in the tropics shows variable seasonality
Whilst countries in the tropics and subtropics exhibit diverse patterns of seasonal flu activity, they…
Experimental drug cancels effect from key intellectual disability gene in mice
A researcher who studies the most common genetic intellectual disability has used an experimental drug…
Rare transit of Mercury to take place on 9 May
On 9 May there will be a rare transit of Mercury, when the smallest planet…
Teeth vs. tools: Neandertals and Homo sapiens had different dietary strategies
Over hundreds of thousands of years, the Neandertal lineage developed successfully in western Eurasia and…
Nanoparticles hold promise as double-edged sword against genital herpes
An effective vaccine against the virus that causes genital herpes has evaded researchers for decades….
Coal-tar based sealcoats on driveways, parking lots far more toxic than suspected
The pavement sealcoat products used widely around the nation on thousands of asphalt driveways and…
Deep-sea biodiversity impacted by climate change’s triple threat
A new study found that vulnerability of deep-sea biodiversity to climate change’s triple threat —…