Keeping count of daily steps and boosting physical activity can really pay off for children…
Month: July 2016
California droughts caused mainly by changes in wind, not moisture
Droughts in California are mainly controlled by wind, not by the amount of evaporated moisture…
Unraveling the genes for sexual traits in stag beetles
Scientists have built a gene expression database of a stag beetle and identified genes important…
New study examines Freud’s theory of hysteria
New research has studied the controversial Freudian theory that Hysteria, a disorder resulting in severe…
Scientists identify an essential role of the immune receptor CD69 in psoriasis
The findings of the study suggest that CD69 might also participate in other inflammatory diseases…
A little impurity makes nanolasers shine
Scientists have improved the performance of tiny lasers by adding impurities, in a discovery which…
Study investigates whether it is safe for GPs to prescribe fewer antibiotics
A new study has found that reducing antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections — such…
Dishonesty is aggressively punished in the world of paper wasps
Is honesty really the best policy? Isn’t it more beneficial to cheat, if you can…
Seeing RNA at the nanoscale
A technique known as expansion microscopy has been adapted to visualize RNA molecules at high…
New technique helps link complex mouse behaviors to genes that influence them
Mice are one of the most commonly used laboratory organisms, widely used to study everything…