After contracting dengue fever once, certain people who encounter the virus again develop much more…
Month: January 2017
Online retail prices often match those in stores
In 10 major countries, companies sell their wares at the same prices in stores and…
African lake provides new clues about ancient marine life
New research shows there may have been more nitrogen in the ocean between one and…
Optimized compiler yields more-efficient parallel programs
By modifying the ‘middle end’ of the popular open-source compiler LLVM, MIT computer scientists have…
Link between sleep, cognitive impairment in the elderly
Daytime sleepiness is very common in the elderly with prevalence rates of up to 50…
Autism may begin early in brain development
An overload of neural connections typically observed in autistic brains begins early in mammalian development,…
Children exposed to complications at birth at risk of autism, study finds
Children who were exposed to complications shortly before or during birth, including birth asphyxia and…
Air pollution may lead to dementia in older women
Tiny air pollution particles — the type that mainly comes from power plants and automobiles…
Research journey to the center of the Earth
Researchers may be one step closer to solving the mystery at the core of the…
Mechanism for photosynthesis already existed in primeval microbe
A Japanese research team has discovered an evolutionary model for the biological function that creates…