Physicians like the majority of their patients, but a majority like some more than others,…
Month: July 2016
Rationing healthcare: More than half of US doctors say no to clinical services
More than half of US physicians included in a national survey have withheld certain medical…
Urocortin-3: A signaling molecule for making friends
Meeting new people can be both stressful and rewarding. New research suggests that a molecule…
Neuroscientists’ study sheds light on how words are represented in the brain
Using direct neural recordings from the visual word form area, researchers were able to see…
New data on bird population trends and the climate conditions they occupy
A new study of population trends among 46 ecologically diverse bird species in North America…
Higher-income students have an edge when it comes to working memory
Researchers have discovered important differences between lower and higher-income children in their ability to use…
Neurons form synapse clusters
The contact points of cells in the cerebral cortex form functional groups.
Rapid, low-temperature process adds weeks to milk’s shelf life
A rapid heating and cooling of milk significantly reduces the amount of harmful bacteria present,…
Minimally traumatic and inexpensive ceramic laser scalpel
The newly created technology shows an effectiveness more than twice as high as any of…
Ocean acidification: The limits of adaptation
The most abundant single-celled calcifying alga of the world’s oceans, Emiliania huxleyi is basically able…