Unraveling how a brain works, block by high-tech block
Credit: Kiju Lee Psychologists have long used building blocks to assess cognitive skills. But researchers at Case Western Reserve University are imbedding the blocks with...
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Fralin researchers use new technology to sequence mosquito sex chromosome
Credit: Jim Stroup, Virginia Tech A team of researchers with the Fralin Life Science Institute at Virginia Tech, working with a large international consortium, has...
New book on prion diseases from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Carlo Condello, University of California, San Francisco Cold Spring Harbor, NY – Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) today announced the release of Prion...
Sniffing out a mate with precision
Credit: Nishino H. et al., Current Biology, February 8, 2018 Male cockroaches can "see" the spatial distribution of female pheromones to locate a sexual mate,...
Ball games and circuit strength training boost bone health in schoolchildren
Credit: F-MARC The study, which was published in the February 2018 issue of the recognised British Journal of Sports Medicine, examined bone and muscle health...
New research on Fragile X syndrome reinforces importance of early…
Credit: Caleb Doll, Broadie Laboratory, Vanderbilt University Fragile X syndrome–the most common heritable cause of autism spectrum disorder–is something of a phantom. It interferes with...
Surgical tools made smaller with origami to make surgery less invasive
BYU mechanical engineering professors Larry Howell and Spencer Magleby have made a name for themselves by applying the principles of origami to engineering. Now they're...
Breakthrough in scaling up life-changing stem cell production
Scientists have discovered a new method of creating human stem cells which could solve the big problem of the large-scale production needed to fully realise...
Ball games and circuit strength training boost bone health in schoolchildren
Credit: F-MARC The study, which was published in the February 2018 issue of the recognised British Journal of Sports Medicine, examined bone and muscle health...
Molecular signature for aggressive brain tumor uncovered
Credit: Sandro Santagata, Brigham and Women's Hospital Meningiomas are the most common primary brain tumors, but the term encompasses over a dozen subtypes that range...
Fern fossil data clarifies origination and extinction of species
Credit: Samuli Lehtonen Throughout the history of life, new groups of species have flourished at the expense of earlier ones and global biodiversity has varied...
Individual quality trumps reproductive tradeoffs in ducks
Not all ducks are created equal. In female Wood Ducks, variation in individual quality is what matters for breeding success and survival, according to the...
Ball games and circuit strength training boost bone health in schoolchildren
Credit: F-MARC The study, which was published in the February 2018 issue of the recognised British Journal of Sports Medicine, examined bone and muscle health...
FSU researchers: Savanna fires pump Central African forests full of nitrogen
Credit: Travis Drake TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The remote forests of Africa's Congo Basin have long been a blind spot for scientists working to understand how...
TSRI scientists take big step toward stopping cancer metastasis
Credit: Elena Deryugina and James P. Quigley LA JOLLA, CA – Feb. 7, 2018 – New research from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) may give...
