Like air-traffic controllers scrambling to reconnect flights when a major hub goes down, the brain…
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Physicians vastly underestimate patients’ willingness to share sexual orientation, study finds
A study that surveyed a national sample of emergency department health care providers and adult…
Physical activity may ward off heart damage
Physical activity can lower the risk of heart damage in middle-aged and older adults and…
Growth under pressure: New metamaterial designed with counterintuitive property
Inspired by 3-D printing, researchers explored development of one mechanical property called effective static compressibility….
Does death of a sibling in childhood increase risk of death in surviving children?
Bereavement in childhood due to the death of a sibling was associated with an increased…
The Radiohead ant: A new species of ‘silky’ ant grows fungus gardens for food
A new species of silky ant has been named after the famous British band Radiohead…
Hundreds of genes that influence timing of puberty identified
The largest genomic analysis of puberty timing in men and women conducted to date has…
New insight into brain development disorder
Two years ago, the Zika virus drew attention to microcephaly, a developmental disorder in which…
Next-generation microscopy
A novel microscopy method allows unprecedented insights into the spatial organization and direct interactions of…
Clarifying the mechanism for suppressing turbulence through ion mass
Scientists have clarified through theory and simulation research that turbulence in a plasma confined in…