Credit: Image courtesy of Sergiu Pasca, M.D., Stanford University. After decades of relative neglect, star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes are finally getting their due. To...
Credit: University of Ottawa Parenting is a complicated journey full of questions, and when a beloved child begins to show signs of a behavioural disorder,...
Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Generally, after suffering a concussion, patients are encouraged to avoid reading, watching TV and using mobile devices...
It's already known some fish have big hearts - at least during the winter. Now a U of G professor has identified a protein that...
Odor identification tests may help scientists track the evolution of the disease in persons at risk By the time you start losing your memory, it`s...
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have developed a method that could make magnetic resonance imaging--MRI--multicolor. Current MRI techniques rely on a...
A five-year federal research grant totaling $1,887,049 to Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Research Scientist Yanjiao Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., will fund studies exploring the therapeutic potential of...
Credit: Ellen Hutti, Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS - Paul Bracher, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of chemistry at Saint Louis University, and his...
Credit: Kenneth R. Wood A new tree species, Melicope stonei (Rutaceae or citrus family), endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, is already assessed as...
Imagine a tire that could heal after being punctured or a rubber band that never snapped. Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of...
Credit: Professor Juan Pablo Labrador, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists have identified a large group of biological 'labels' that guide nerves to ensure they make the...
Credit: Oishi Y. and Hiura T Researchers have developed a method to evaluate atmospheric conditions using mosses (bryophytes) in urban areas, a development that could...
Paris, 16th August: Radioactive 129I has travelled the equivalent of a third of the way round the globe, since being released from nuclear fuel reprocessing...
Credit: Photographer is Christian Skov. A new study from Lund University in Sweden increases knowledge of how boundaries and barriers are maintained between different species...
Navigation in mammals including humans and rodents depends on specialized neural networks that encode the animal's location and trajectory in the environment, serving essentially as...
