Some children find it harder to understand what strangers are saying
New research by New York University Steinhardt Associate Professor Susannah Levi finds that children with poorer language skills are at a disadvantage when given tasks...
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Gene repair improves memory and seizures in adult autism model
Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. - April 29, 2019 - A new study challenges the presumption that people born with developmental brain...
Intervention increases healthy behavior among South African adolescents
New research from the University of Pennsylvania found that a specially designed health intervention given to South African youth improved healthy eating and amount of...
No safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy, suggest researchers
Brain connectivity issues found in children who have experienced prenatal alcohol exposure.Credit: Gao Lin and Linda Sommerlade WASHINGTON, D.C., April 26, 2019 -- An international...
Princeton geoscientists find new fallout from ‘the collision that changed the world’
A Princeton-led research team has created an unprecedented record of ocean nitrogen and oxygen levels from 70 million years ago through 30 million years ago...
TET proteins regulate factors essential for normal antibody production
New study sheds light on what goes awry in malignancies marked by TET mutationCredit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA, CA--A family of cancer...
US Southeast Atlantic coast facing high threat of sea-level rise in the next 10 years
Credit: University of Central Florida New research shows 75 percent of the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina to Central Florida will be highly vulnerable to...
Nanoparticles take a fantastic, magnetic voyage
Tiny robots powered by magnetic fields could help drug-delivery nanoparticles reach their targets CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT engineers have designed tiny robots that can help...
Gene-editing technology may produce resistant virus in cassava plant
An international team of biologists urge careful use of technology in research and flag potential biosafety risks. The use of gene-editing technology to create virus-resistant...
Ready for refit: Navy-owned research vessel getting suped-up for service
Credit: Photo by Scripps Institution of Oceanography ARLINGTON, Va.--Like a classic car being restored, the research vessel (R/V) Roger Revelle is undergoing a year-long makeover...
NASA’s Aqua satellite tracks Tropical Cyclone Lorna
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL As Tropical Storm Lorna continued moving in a southerly direction in the Southeastern Indian Ocean, NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead and provided...
NASA sees remnants of Tropical Cyclone Kenneth over northern Mozambique
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Aqua satellite provided a visible image of the remnant clouds and storms...
A spoonful of peppermint helps the meal go down
A pilot study at the Medical University of South has found that peppermint oil improved symptoms, including difficulty swallowing and non-cardiac chest pain, in patients...
Biological machinery of cell’s ‘executioner’ yields secrets of its control
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Researchers led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital structural biologists have discovered how the cell switches on an executioner...
Carnegie Mellon chemists manipulate the quantum states of gold nanoclusters
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Chemistry have found a way to control the lifetime of the quantum states of...
