Researchers have developed a new type of light-enhancing optical cavity that is only 200 nanometers…
Month: December 2016
Tattoos mark the spot for surgery, then disappear
Tattoos aren’t just for body art. They can have medical applications, too. Doctors are using…
HIV patients have nearly twice the heart attack risk
Current methods to predict the risk of heart attack and stroke vastly underestimate the risk…
Report calls for improved methods to assess earthquake-caused soil liquefaction
Effectively engineering infrastructure to protect life and to mitigate the economic, environmental, and social impacts…
Vitamin D improves gut flora and metabolic syndrome
A high fat diet alone is not enough to cause metabolic syndrome, a group of…
Huntington’s disease linked to dysfunction of brain structure
Scientists have identified a link between Huntington’s disease and dysfunction of the subthalamic nucleus, a…
Light powers new chemistry for old enzymes
Researchers have developed a method that irradiates biological enzymes with light to expand their highly…
The challenge of defining maturity when the brain never stops changing
Neuroscientists don’t know when your brain is a legal adult. While the law has to…
Children can ‘catch’ social bias through non-verbal signals expressed by adults
Preschool-age children can learn bias through nonverbal signals displayed by adults and are likely to…
Epigenetic change ties mitochondrial dysfunction to tumor progression
Scientists have identified a mechanism by which mitochondria can drive changes in nuclear gene expression…