UC San Francisco researchers are reporting a detailed account of how speech sounds are identified ...

In this month's issue of Physics World, Jon Cartwright explains how the revelation that the US National Security Agency (NSA) is developing quantum computers has renewed interest and sparked debate on just how far ahead they are ...

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered what appears to be a potent stimulator of new bone growth. The finding could lead to new treatments for osteoporosis ...

Scientists have identified a way some viruses protect themselves from the immune system's efforts to stop infections, a finding that may make new approaches to treating viral infections possible. Viruses ...

Increasing numbers of children and adolescents are being given antipsychotic drugs in Germany, as Christian Bachmann and colleagues found out in a study published in the current ...

Piezoelectrics—materials that can change mechanical stress to electricity and back again—are everywhere in modern life. Computer hard drives. Loud speakers. Medical ultrasound. ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Consider the last time you dealt with an airline service mishap: a bag lost in transit, a flight delayed or canceled, or an overbooked plane. Are you more or less likely to make a formal complaint about ...

Amsterdam, NL, January 30, 2014 – About 80% of stroke survivors experience hemiparesis, which causes weakness or the ...

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, over 18 percent of American adults suffer from anxiety disorders, characterized as excessive ...

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The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite that observed the tropical low pressure area designated as System 91S earlier this week captured another look at a much weaker storm on January ...

BERKELEY, Calif. The National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Center recently accepted "Edison," a new flagship supercomputer designed for scientific ...

PHILADELPHIA — Substances called adjuvants that enhance the body's immune response are critical to getting the most out of vaccines. These boosters stimulate ...

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When it comes to life's stressors, most people would ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 30, 2014 ─ The January/February 2014 issue of Educational Researcher (ER), a peer-reviewed ...

Most websites with information on vertebroplasty – a procedure in which a special medical-grade ...

Physicians have long known that oxygen deprivation to the brain around the time of birth causes worse damage in boys than girls. Now a study by researchers from the ...

SPOKANE, Wash. –The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today released the findings of ...

PHILADELPHIA - A team of researchers from the Perelman School ...

For a cancer cell, it pays to have a group of eccentric friends. Like X-Men characters, a group ...

URBANA, Ill. – Could the quality of your attachment to your parents affect your own child's risk for obesity? A new ...

HOUSTON – (Jan. 30, 2014) – Plasmonic nanoparticles developed at Rice University are becoming known for their ability to turn light into heat, but how to use them to generate ...

A group of researchers focused on sustainable practices, geography and earth sciences found something unexpected during their work in Central America: the effects of drug trafficking ...

BYU business professor Peter Madsen has been researching NASA's safety climate ever since the Columbia shuttle broke apart upon re-entering Earth's ...