Why writing by hand makes kids smarter
Writing by hand creates much more activity in the sensorimotor parts of the brain, researchers found.Credit: NTNU/Microsoft Professor Audrey van ...
Tag: Developmental/Reproductive Biology
Wildcats threatened by their domestic cousins
Wildcats in the Swiss Jura will undergo an irreversible genetic replacement by domestic cats if no preventive measures are takenCredit: ...
Mosquitos lost an essential gene with no ill effects
UMD study suggests caution is needed for research that presumes closely related species use the same genes for similar functionsCredit: ...
Buying emergency contraception is legal but not always easy at small, mom-and-pop pharmacies
Credit: West Virginia University About 22 percent of women between the ages of 15 and 44 report having used emergency ...
Brain circuitry shaped by competition for space as well as genetics
Competition between nerve fibers for space in rodent brains shapes complex circuits called 'whisker barrels', providing new clues about the ...
Evolutionary and heritable axes shape our brain
Credit: Valk/ MPI CBS The location of a country on the earth says a lot about its climate, its neighboring ...
Researchers discover a new method to regulate cell plasticity
Credit: Cian J. Lynch, Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) Spain Cell plasticity is a property by which a ...
Fungal compound inhibits important group of proteins
Zebrafish embryos elucidate unknown effect for cercosporamideCredit: Jelmer Hoeksma, copyright Hubrecht Institute Researchers in the group of Jeroen den Hertog, ...
Sentinels of ocean acidification impacts survived Earth’s last mass extinction
Credit: Katja Peijnenburg, Erica Goetze, Deborah Wall-Palmer, Lisette Mekkes. Two groups of tiny, delicate marine organisms, sea butterflies and sea ...
Donor-conceived adults have higher incidence of immunology diseases
Adults conceived through sperm donation reported higher frequencies of allergies, type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune conditions in a world-first ...
How microbes in a mother’s intestines affect fetal neurodevelopment
In mice, the maternal gut microbiata regulates which genes are activated in the growing brain, UCLA study showsCredit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA ...
Alcohol, nicotine mix during pregnancy increases health risk in newborns
Report: Combination increases brain damage and development riskCredit: Houston University of Houston researchers have found that during early pregnancy, the ...
First evidence that air pollution particles and metals are reaching the placenta
Pollution particles, including metals, have been found in the placentas of fifteen women in London, according to research led by ...
New study reveals why flu can be devastating for pregnant women
Pre-clinical study suggests virus does not stay in the lungs but spreads throughout the mother's bodyCredit: RMIT University New research ...