Brazilian free-tailed bat is the fastest flyer in the animal kingdom
Up to now, the speed record for horizontal flight was held by birds from the swift family: the common swift,...
Full detonation in the hippocampus
Credit: Courtesy of Astrid Rollenhagen and Joachim Lübke; for details see Rollenhagen et al., J. Neurosci. 27: 10434-10444 (2007) Synapses...
‘Bottlebrush’ polymers make dielectric elastomers increasingly viable for use in devices
Credit: Richard Spontak A multi-institutional research team has developed a new electroactive polymer material that can change shape and size...
My contribution to Arctic sea ice melt
Credit: Dirk Notz For each tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) that any person on our planet emits, three square metres...
Mid-Atlantic Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments consortium formed
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grant for $3.6 million over five years will support formation of MARISA (Mid-Atlantic Regional...
Alzheimer’s disease found to be a diabetic disorder of the brain
Credit: Shigeki Moriguchi Researchers at Tohoku University have found a promising treatment for Alzheimer's disease, by noticing a similarity in...
Ketofol an alternative deep sedative for emergency departments
Credit: The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Australian emergency medicine researchers have successfully trialled an alternative deep sedative for patients...
Elucidating sex differences in Alzheimer’s disease risk
Boston, MA - Women have a two-fold higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease than men, yet strikingly little is known...
Researchers reveal how neurodegenerative diseases spread through the brain
Synapses, the place where brain cells contact one another, play a pivotal role in the transmission of toxic proteins. This...
Researchers discover new regulator in glucose metabolism
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) A key genetic switch in the liver regulates glucose metabolism...
Healthy living equals better brain function
It should be obvious that those with greater self-control live a healthier lifestyle. After all, it takes self-control to exercise...
Quantifying the hidden environmental cost of hydroelectric dams
Credit: American Chemical Society Hydroelectricity is a renewable energy, and the facilities that produce it give off less greenhouse gases...
Making artificial ‘cells’ move like real cells (video)
Artificial "cells" could someday zoom around in the body and deliver medicines to specific locations, act as in-tissue diagnosticians and...
Experimental drug delivers one-two punch to prostate cancer cells
Credit: Venu Raman An experimental drug that targets abnormally high levels of a protein linked to cancer growth appears to...
Human health risks from hydroelectric projects
Credit: Prentiss Balcom (Harvard SEAS) In a new study, Harvard University researchers find over 90 percent of potential new Canadian...
Who has the better memory — men or women?
CLEVELAND, Ohio (November 9, 2016)--In the battle of the sexes, women have long claimed that they can remember things better...
More women sexually active into old age
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Nov. 9, 2016)--Although many of us don't want to think about grandma still "getting it on," multiple studies...
New study: Male chimpanzees can be players and good fathers
Credit: Joel Bray, Arizona State University WASHINGTON (Nov. 8, 2016)--New research suggests that male chimpanzees are more invested in protecting...
Changing views of evolutionary factors at work on earliest mammals
Credit: UMass Amherst/Andrew Conith AMHERST, Mass. - Using 3D-printed replicas of 200-million-year-old mammal teeth and polymers that mimic insect prey,...
First month after infection is key time to tackle drug-related HIV spread
Data from post-Soviet AIDS epidemic shows first month after infection is key point to tackle drug-related HIV spread Data from...