Hormone in crab eyes makes it possible for females to mate and care for their young
BALTIMORE, MD (February 3, 2014) –Those two crooked beady eyes peeking out of a the shell do more than just help blue crabs spot food in the ...
New method to restore skull after brain surgery appears to reduce complication rates
Johns Hopkins surgeons report they have devised a better, safer method to replace bone removed from the ...
Genetic function discovered that could offer new avenue to cancer therapies
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a genetic function that helps one of the most important "tumor suppressor" genes to do its job and prevent cancer.
Finding ...
Tecnalia devises WiMi5 -- platform for creating, developing and marketing videogames
The fundamental task of Tecnalia, through Tecnalia Ventures, has been the acceleration of the prior incubation of the creation of the enterprise, facilitating the situation ...
Tropical Storm Kajiki fades over South China Sea
NASA's Aqua satellite captured one of the last images of Tropical Storm Kajiki as it began moving over the central Philippines on Jan. 31. The storm, known locally as Basyang, dissipated over the South China Sea ...
Finding Israel's first camels
Camels are mentioned as pack animals in the biblical stories of Abraham, Joseph, and Jacob. But archaeologists have shown that ...
Helping young adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities
Montréal, February 3, 2014 – In a study published today by the medical journal Paediatrics ...
Private exchanges may drive more informed investors to public markets
A "dark pool" may sound like a mysterious water source or an ...
NASA's Aqua satellite tracking System 94P or 'Fletcher' near Queensland
A tropical low pressure area known as "System 94P" has tracked across western Queensland and moved into the Gulf of Carpentaria between Karumba and Gilbert River Mouth on February 3 as NASA's ...
Gene mutation defines brain tumors that benefit from aggressive surgery
Astrocytomas are the most common malignant brain tumors. While most patients' tumors prove to be ...
For infants, stress may be caught, not taught
New research shows that babies not only pick up on their mother's stress, they also show corresponding physiological changes.
"Our research shows that infants 'catch' and embody the physiological ...
Tighter economic regulation needed to reverse obesity epidemic -- study
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Geneva, 3 February 2014. Governments could slow – and even ...
First African study on biodiversity in genetically modified maize finds insects abundant
Previous studies from ...
Beneficial insects, nematodes not harmed by genetically modified, insect-resistant crops
A large body of literature has shown that genetically-modified plants that produce proteins from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) to protect themselves ...
Vitamin C and E supplements hampers endurance training
Vitamin C and E supplements may blunt the improvement of muscular endurance – by disrupting cellular adaptions in exercised muscles – suggests a new study published today [3 February] in The Journal of Physiology.
As vitamin ...
A quicker, cheaper way to detect staph in the body
Chances are you won't know you've got a staph infection until the test results come in, days after the symptoms first appear. But what if your ...
Red alert: Body kills 'spontaneous' blood cancers on a daily basis
Immune cells undergo 'spontaneous' changes on a daily basis that could lead to cancers if not for the diligent surveillance of our immune system, Melbourne scientists have found.
The ...
Stanford researchers discover how brain regions work together, or alone
Stanford researchers ...
Split decision: Stem cell signal linked with cancer growth
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a protein critical to hematopoietic stem cell function and blood formation. The finding has potential ...
Making your brain social
In many people with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, different parts of the brain don't talk to each other very well. Scientists have now identified, ...
Transcendental Meditation reduces teacher stress and burnout, new research shows
A new study published in The Permanente Journal (Vol. 18, No.1) on ...
Positive feelings about race, ethnicity tied to stronger development in minority youth
The more positively minority youth feel about their ethnicity or race, the fewer symptoms of depression and emotional and behavior problems they have. That's the ...
For young African-Americans, emotional support buffers the biological toll of racial discrimination
African American youth who report experiencing frequent discrimination during adolescence are at risk for developing heart disease, high blood pressure, ...
'I know it but I won't say it'
Previous research has suggested that shy children have difficulties with language. Now, a new longitudinal study paints a more nuanced picture. ...
Hardships explain much of hospital asthma readmissions among black children and teens
Black children are twice as likely as white children to be readmitted to the hospital for asthma – a disparity due in large part to a greater burden of financial ...