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Geneticists Find Causes for Severe Childhood Epilepsies
May 8, 2013 — Using a DNA sequencing technique capable of deciphering all human genes at the same time, researchers have discovered genetic mutations underlying seizure disorders in previously undiagnosed ... > full story -
Gene Offers Clues to New Treatments for a Harmful Blood Clotting Disorder
May 8, 2013 — A gene associated with both protection against bacterial infection and excessive blood clotting could offer new insights into treatment strategies for deep-vein thrombosis -- the formation of a ... > full story -
Discovery Shows Fat Triggers Rheumatoid Arthritis: Paves Way for New Gene Therapies
May 8, 2013 — Scientists have discovered that fat cells in the knee secrete a protein linked to arthritis, a finding that paves the way for new gene therapies that could offer relief and mobility to millions of ... > full story -
Quantum Optics With Microwaves: Hong-Ou-Mandel Effect Demonstrated
May 8, 2013 — Physicists have demonstrated one of the quintessential effects of quantum optics -- known as the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect -- with microwaves, whose frequency is 100,000 times lower than that of visible ... > full story -
'Invisibility Cloak' for Thermal Flow Constructed
May 8, 2013 — By means of special metamaterials, light and sound can be passed around objects. Researchers have now succeeded in demonstrating that the same materials can also be used to specifically influence the ... > full story -
Elucidating Energy Shifts in Optical Tweezers
May 8, 2013 — Physicists are providing an all-in-one guide to help calculate the effect the use of optical tweezers has on the energy levels of atoms under study. A small piece of paper sticks to an electrically ... > full story -
A Trick to Fold Proteins More Quickly: 'Clever' Technique Speeds Up the Analysis of Protein Dynamics
May 8, 2013 — Scientists have devised a method to reduce the time used to simulate how proteins take on their signature three-dimensional shape. Such important information to comprehend their function is usually ... > full story -
Why Family Conflict Affects Some Children More Than Others
May 8, 2013 — New research reveals why some children are badly affected by negative family conflicts while other children survive without significant problems. Researchers found that the way in which children ... > full story -
World's Most Extreme Hearing Animal: The Greater Wax Moth
May 8, 2013 — Researchers have discovered that the greater wax moth is capable of sensing sound frequencies of up to 300 kHz -- the highest recorded frequency sensitivity of any animal in the natural ... > full story -
An Electronic Nose Can Tell Pears and Apples Apart
May 8, 2013 — Engineers have created a system of sensors that detects fruit odors more effectively than the human sense of smell. For now, the device can distinguish between the odors compounds emitted by pears ... > full story
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