Month: September 2017

Memory acts like an anchor, reminding us of past experiences that have made us who we are today. Attempts to ...

Credit: Photo by G.L. Kohuth EAST LANSING, Mich. - Just as sequencing the human genome has netted major health and ...

Babies classified as low birth weight (under 2.500 grams) are at risk of iron deficiency, which is linked to impaired ...

Credit: See Table Economic losses from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria and 76 wildfires in nine Western states, intensified by ...

Fuel-cell powered cars that emit only water vapor when driven have been in the works for decades, but progress seemed ...

North Carolina Research Campus - Sept. 26, 2017- Dr. Robert Reid, Research Assistant Professor with UNC Charlotte's Bioinformatics Services Division ...

Credit: Jordan Gross and Philippe Vidon. Nitrogen can present a dilemma for farmers and land managers. On one hand, it ...

Credit: UBC Okanagan While lavender has long been known for its strong scent and soothing oils, a UBC researcher is ...

Around the globe, the pollution of rivers, lakes and seas with plastic litter is on the rise. A new project ...

Credit: Professor Nicholas Dale/Ms. Greta Lazutkaite Key brain cells which control our appetite discovered by scientists at University of Warwick ...

Credit: (Photo: TUM/J. Geist) The silting of rivers and streams leads to problems for fish, mussels, and other aquatic organisms ...

Some 10 million people worldwide suffer from Parkinson's disease -- a debilitating condition that causes degeneration of brain nerve cells ...

As part of a major, multi-institutional, multidisciplinary assault against myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a highly debilitating and poorly understood ...

Credit: José Antonio Peñas (SINC) The fauna of deep seabed tends to be relatively unknown due to the difficulty of ...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 27, 2017-Pharmaceutical companies developing Orphan Drugs are increasingly partnering with ...

Moms may be notorious worriers, but babies of anxious mothers may also spend more time focusing on threats in their ...

Key takeaways: Extracellular vesicle ARMMs carry receptors that allow signaling without direct contact between cells. Researchers hope to engineer ARMMs ...

Credit: M. Lynch Vocal communication is central to the lives of many birds, which use sound to attract mates and ...

Credit: J. Livaudais Populations of many North American songbirds are declining, and in many cases we don't understand why--for example, ...

Credit: Velizar Simeonovski, The Field Museum Remember the movie The Princess Bride, when the characters debate the existence of R.O.U.S.es ...