Why do some head knocks cause more damage than others?
Credit: Pinton Lab, UNC-Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, NC - Veteran sailors know that rogue waves can rise suddenly in mid-ocean to capsize even the largest...
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Humans don’t use as much brainpower as we like to think
Credit: Image by Arianna Harrington, Duke University. DURHAM, N.C. -- For years, scientists assumed that humans devote a larger share of their daily calories to...
Tracking mosquitoes with your cellphone
Credit: Kurt Hickman/Stanford News Service It's a sound that can keep even the weariest among us from falling asleep: the high-pitched whine of a mosquito....
Little-known fruits contain powerful anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant agents
According to a study supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation five fruit trees native to the Atlantic Rainforest have powerful anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties....
Mini-microscopes reveal brain circuitry behind social behavior
Credit: Catherine Dulac Lab Tiny microscopes mounted on mice's heads have given researchers a peek into the neural circuitry of social behavior. Instincts such as...
Young bats learn bat ‘dialects’ from their nestmates
A new Tel Aviv University study finds that young bats adopt a specific "dialect" spoken by their own colonies, even when this dialect differs from...
MSU biologists discovered the pathwaysof groups of the lophophore
Credit: Aleksander Semenov Scientists from Moscow State University have proved that lophophorates - the invertebrates with special tentacular apparatus - are relatives. Scientists have examined...
Orphaned elephants’ social lives substantially altered by poaching
Credit: Shifra Goldenberg/Save the Elephants, Colorado State University Elephants live in a social structure with a level of complexity that rivals that of human societies....
Elderly chromosomes activate genes differently than in the young
Grey hair, wisdom, and wrinkles on our skin mark us as we age, but it's the more subtle changes beneath the surface that make us...
Chromosome organization emerges from 1-D patterns
Credit: Ryan Cheng/Michele Di Pierro HOUSTON - (Oct. 31, 2017) - The DNA in a human cell is 2 yards long and wraps around millions...
How a $10 microchip turns 2-D ultrasound machines to 3-D imaging devices
Credit: Shawn Rocco/ Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- Technology that keeps track of how your smartphone is oriented can now give $50,000 ultrasound machines many...
Pseudopod protrusions propel amoeboid cells forward: A 3-D swimming model
Credit: Eric J. Campbell and Prosenjit Bagchi, Rutgers University WASHINGTON, D.C., October 31, 2017 -- Rhythmic patterns and precise motions -- these are key elements...
Researchers at NYITCOM link Western diet to vascular damage and prediabetes
Old Westbury, NY, October 31, 2017 - Could short-term exposure to the average American diet increase one's risk for developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease? According...
Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact cooled Earth’s climate more than previously thought
WASHINGTON D.C. -- The Chicxulub asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs likely released far more climate-altering sulfur gas into the atmosphere than originally thought,...
How an interest in bipolar disorder drugs led to a better understanding of leukemia
Credit: Mansi Shinde and Simone Sidoli A research project that began 20 years ago with an interest in how lithium treats mood disorders has yielded...
