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Can Math Models of Gaming Strategies Be Used to Detect Terrorism Networks?
May 16, 2013 Mathematicians have developed a mathematical model to disrupt the flow of information in a complex real-world network, such as a terrorist organization, using minimal ... > full story -
Returning Genetic Incidental Findings Without Patient Consent Violates Basic Rights, Experts Say
May 16, 2013 Scientists push back against recent American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics recommendations, and offer compelling reasons why patient autonomy must remain firmly in place as science ... > full story -
Accelerated Aging in Children: Promising Treatment for Progeria Within Reach
May 16, 2013 Pharmaceuticals that inhibit a specific enzyme may be useful in treating progeria, or accelerated aging in children. A new study indicates that the development of progeria in mice was inhibited upon ... > full story -
Asian Lady Beetles Use Biological Weapons Against Their European Relatives
May 16, 2013 Once introduced for biological pest control, Asian lady beetle populations have been increasing uncontrollably. Scientists have now found the reason for the animal's success. Its body fluid contains ... > full story -
Scientific Insurgents Say 'Journal Impact Factors' Distort Science
May 16, 2013 An ad hoc coalition of unlikely insurgents -- scientists, journal editors and publishers, scholarly societies, and research funders across many scientific disciplines -- today posted an international ... > full story -
Beautiful 'Flowers' Self-Assemble in a Beaker
May 16, 2013 With the hand of nature trained on a beaker of chemical fluid, the most delicate flower structures have been formed in a laboratory -- and not at the scale of inches, but microns. These minuscule ... > full story -
Endothelium, Heal Thyself
May 16, 2013 Investigators publish new findings showing that the endothelium's efficient barrier function relies on an enormous self-restorative ... > full story -
DNA-Guided Assembly Yields Novel Ribbon-Like Nanostructures
May 16, 2013 DNA "linker" strands coax nano-sized rods to line up in way unlike any other spontaneous arrangement of rod-shaped objects. The arrangement -- with the rods forming "rungs" on ladder-like ribbons -- ... > full story -
Fast and Painless Way to Better Mental Arithmetic? Yes, There Might Actually Be a Way
May 16, 2013 In the future, if you want to improve your ability to manipulate numbers in your head, you might just plug yourself in. So say researchers who report on studies of a harmless form of brain ... > full story -
Faulty Energy Production in Brain Cells Leads to Disorders Ranging from Parkinson's to Intellectual Disability
May 16, 2013 Neuroscientists have shown for the first time that dysfunctional mitochondria in brain cells can lead to learning disabilities. The link between dysfunctional mitochondria and Parkinson's disease is ... > full story
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