Scientists have created bioengineered blood vessels for kidney-disease patients on dialysis. The human-made vessels appeared…
Month: May 2016
Evaluating animal threats and human intentions uses common brain network
Assessing whether a fluffy bunny or a giant spider poses a threat to our safety…
Hubble spies a spiral snowflake
Together with irregular galaxies, spiral galaxies make up approximately 60 percent of the galaxies in…
Neuroscientists discover new learning rule for pattern completion
“Fire together, wire together” is the famous abridged version of the Hebbian rule. It states…
Retreat of the ice followed by millennia of methane release
Methane was seeping from the seafloor for thousands of years following the retreat of the…
Using precision-genetics in pigs to beat cancer
Because of their similarities to people, using new technology in pigs turn up as a…
Psychology: The power of expectations on experience of pain
Expectations have a lot of power over people as is evidenced by the placebo effect:…
Conservation laws need reshaping to protect sea turtles
An illegal trade in marine turtles is continuing despite legislation and conservation awareness campaigns, a…
Laser pulses: Conductors for protons
Scientists have managed to manipulate the positions of atoms in hydrocarbon molecules using ultrashort laser…
Obesity on the rise in Indonesia
Obesity is on the rise in Indonesia, one of the largest studies of the double…