A study using Barbies and Transformers finds that men are better at recognizing Transformer faces…
Month: November 2016
Insurers use high drug costs to deter some Obamacare patients, economist says
An economist will brief members of Congress on how insurers are using high out-of-pocket prescription…
Poverty should be measured by more than income
New research reveals there are multiple dimensions of deprivation, and those dimensions can impact a…
Liquid silicon: Multi-duty computer chips could bridge the gap between computation and storage
Computer chips in development could make future computers more efficient and powerful by combining tasks…
Tasting light: New type of photoreceptor is 50 times more efficient than the human eye
A new type of photoreceptor has now been discovered — only the third to be…
High-fiber diet keeps gut microbes from eating the colon’s lining, protects against infection, animal study shows
When microbes inside the digestive system don’t get the natural fiber that they rely on…
New information on how brain cancer spreads
Glioblastoma multiforme remains the most common and highly lethal brain cancer and is known for…
Scientists advance a novel urine test to predict high-risk cervical cancer
Specialists report they have developed a urine test for the likely emergence of cervical cancer…
Supercomputer simulations help develop new approach to fight antibiotic resistance
Supercomputer simulations have played a key role in discovering a new class of drug candidates…
Large-scale cancer gene profiling is feasible but faces barriers
Researchers leading the largest genomic tumor profiling effort of its kind say such studies are…