Physicists have made a surprising discovery that the arrangement of atomic nuclei spins helps bring…
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How severe maternal inflammation can lead to autism-like behavior
A group of researchers found that immune cells activated in the mother during severe inflammation…
How ‘more food per field’ could help save our wild spaces
Increased farm yields could help to spare land from agriculture for natural habitats that benefit…
Chemists uncover how key agent allows diseases to reproduce
Chemists have revealed the chemistry behind how certain diseases, from anthrax to tuberculosis, replicate. The…
Why children are more likely to develop food allergies
An estimated 15 million Americans suffer from food allergies, many of them children. These are…
It’s complicated: Benefits and toxicity of anti-prion antibodies in the brain
Immunotherapy to ameliorate neurodegeneration by targeting brain protein aggregates with antibodies is an area of…
Epigenetic switch for obesity
Having overweight parents significantly increases your risk of obesity, but the inheritance of specific mutations…
Fleeting fruit in a tropical forest
To find energy-rich food, like tropical ripe fruit, is a challenge for chimpanzees, say scientists….
How bats recognize their own ‘bat signals’
The mechanism that allows individual bats to avoid noise overlap by increasing the volume, duration…
Satellites show Florida beaches becoming darker, and that’s good for sea turtles
Satellite data on artificial nighttime light in Florida from 1992-2012 was compared to robust data…