Abnormalities in a protein that helps transport and sort materials inside cells are linked to…
Month: April 2016
Buying high in the stock market caused by overconfidence
Little is known about what causes people to make the investment mistake of buying stocks…
New way to smell a rat means end for rodents
Scientists have developed a new way to exterminate rats by identifying and synthetically replicating the…
New material that may speed computing discovered
Physicists have discovered a topological metal, PtSn4 (platinum and tin), with a unique electronic structure…
Clean energy generated using bacteria-powered solar panel
For the first time ever, researchers have connected nine biological-solar (bio-solar) cells into a bio-solar…
Omega factor: Novel method measures mortality risk when multiple diseases threaten
A novel method has been developed for assessing mortality risk in elderly patients with cancer…
Radiation improves survival in older patients with soft tissue sarcomas
Radiation therapy following surgery benefits older patients more than their younger counterparts, researchers report, a…
Social thinking in the infant brain revealed
An innovative collaboration between neuroscientists and developmental psychologists that investigated how infants’ brains process other…
More than three percent of men on active surveillance for prostate cancer may have metastases
Radical treatment such as surgery and radiation for localized prostate cancer may cause significant side…
Inequality linked to large, growing gap in lifespans
Poverty in the United States is often associated with deprivation, in areas including housing, employment,…