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Researchers Find Hormone That Increases the Sex Drive of Mice
Jan. 27, 2015 — Mice that receive a supplement of the 'appetite hormone' ghrelin increase their sexual activity, scientists have found. Whether the hormone has the same impact on humans is unknown -- but ... full story -
Chemists Find a Way to Unboil Egg Whites: Ability to Quickly Restore Molecular Proteins Could Slash Biotechnology Costs
Jan. 26, 2015 — Chemists have figured out how to unboil egg whites -- an innovation that could dramatically reduce costs for cancer treatments, food production and other segments of the $160 billion global ... full story -
Learning from Scorpions to Control Impulses
Jan. 26, 2015 — Scorpions can teach us a lot about the benefits of prolonging nerve impulses, and we might now be better students. The results of a new study could pave the way for easier identification of drugs ... full story -
Friends Know How Long You'll Live, Study Finds
Jan. 24, 2015 — Young lovers walking down the aisle may dream of long and healthy lives together, but close friends in the wedding party may have a better sense of whether those wishes will come true, suggests new ... full story -
Lucid Dreams and Metacognition: Awareness of Thinking; Awareness of Dreaming
Jan. 23, 2015 — To control one's dreams and to live 'out there' what is impossible in real life -- a truly tempting idea. Some persons -- so-called lucid dreamers -- can do this. Researchers have ... full story -
Climate Affects Development of Human Speech
Jan. 23, 2015 — A correlation between climate and the evolution of language has been uncovered by researchers. To find a relationship between the climate and the evolution of language, one needs to discover an ... full story -
Mothers Don't Speak So Clearly to Their Babies
Jan. 23, 2015 — People have a distinctive way of talking to babies and small children: We speak more slowly, using a sing-song voice, and tend to use cutesy words like "tummy". While we might be inclined ... full story -
American Liberals and Conservatives Think as If from Different Cultures
Jan. 22, 2015 — American conservatives think more like Asians, and liberals are the extreme Westerners in thought styles, new research suggests. The so-called "culture war," the lead author said, is an ... full story -
Is Cheating on the Field Worse Than Cheating on a Spouse? Some Fans Think So
Jan. 22, 2015 — Why did fans and sponsors such as Nike drop Lance Armstrong but stay loyal to Tiger Woods? Probably because Armstrong's doping scandal took place on the field, unlike Wood's off-the-field ... full story -
Fine Motor Skills for Robotic Hands
Jan. 22, 2015 — Tying shoelaces, stirring coffee, writing letters, playing the piano. From the usual daily routine to demanding activities: Our hands are used more frequently than any other body part. Through our ... full story -
Twitter Can Predict Rates of Coronary Heart Disease, According to Research
Jan. 21, 2015 — Twitter has broken news stories, launched and ended careers, started social movements and toppled governments, all by being an easy, direct and immediate way for people to share what's on their ... full story -
Heightened Scents: Do Ambient Fragrances Make Consumers Purchase More?
Jan. 21, 2015 — Do consumers make different choices based on the fragrance surrounding them? A new study shows for the first time that the “temperature” of scents in a store atmosphere may have a powerful effect ... full story -
Editing the Brain: How New Epigenetic Tools Could Rewrite Our Understanding of Memory and More
Jan. 21, 2015 — Epigenetic changes are implicated in a host of neural conditions, from Alzheimer's-related memory loss to depression. Now, a revolutionary set of molecular editing tools is allowing scientists ... full story -
How Attached to Our Smart Phones Are We?
Jan. 21, 2015 — Are we emotionally attached to our smart phones? That was the question scientists hoped to answer in a new article. understanding how users become reliant on their smart phone for particular tasks, ... full story -
Hostile Boss? Study Finds Advantages to Giving It Right Back
Jan. 20, 2015 — In a result that surprised researchers, a new study found that employees who had hostile bosses were better off on several measures if they returned the hostility. "Before we did this study, I ... full story -
Automated Method Beats Critics in Picking Great Movies
Jan. 19, 2015 — Don't rely on the Academy Awards next month if you are seeking to know whether the movies deemed great today will survive the test of time. According to a new study, the best predictor of a ... full story -
Closing Your Eyes Boosts Memory Recall, New Study Finds
Jan. 16, 2015 — Further evidence has been found to suggest that eyewitnesses to crimes remember more accurate details when they close their eyes. The team also discovered that building a rapport with witnesses also ... full story -
Inventors Choose to Reveal Their Secret Sauce Before Patent Approval
Jan. 15, 2015 — Common wisdom and prior economic research suggest that an inventor filing a patent would want to keep the technical know-how secret as long as possible. But a new study of nearly 2 million patents in ... full story -
In the Mood to Trade? Weather May Influence Institutional Investors' Stock Decisions
Jan. 15, 2015 — Weather changes may affect how institutional investors decide on stock plays, according to a new study. Their findings suggest sunny skies put professional investors more in a mood to buy, while ... full story -
The Secret of Empathy: Stress from the Presence of Strangers Prevents Empathy, in Both Mice and Humans
Jan. 15, 2015 — The ability to express empathy -- the capacity to share and feel another's emotions -- is limited by the stress of being around strangers, according to a new study. Empathy is increasingly being ... full story
- Chemists find a way to unboil egg whites: Ability to quickly restore molecular proteins could slash biotechnology costs
- Learning from scorpions to control impulses
- Lucid dreams and metacognition: Awareness of thinking; awareness of dreaming
- Climate affects development of human speech
- Mothers don't speak so clearly to their babies
- American liberals and conservatives think as if from different cultures
- Is cheating on the field worse than cheating on a spouse? Some fans think so
- Fine motor skills for robotic hands
- Twitter can predict rates of coronary heart disease, according to research
- Heightened scents: Do ambient fragrances make consumers purchase more?
- Editing the brain: How new epigenetic tools could rewrite our understanding of memory and more
- How attached to our smart phones are we?
- Inventors choose to reveal their secret sauce before patent approval
- In the mood to trade? Weather may influence institutional investors' stock decisions
- The secret of empathy: Stress from the presence of strangers prevents empathy, in both mice and humans
- Yak dung burning pollutes indoor air of Tibetan households
- People can be convinced they committed a crime that never happened
- People conform to the norm -- even if the norm is a computer
- Cone snail venom holds promise for medical treatments for cancer, addiction
- First contracting human muscle grown in laboratory
- Feeling cold is contagious, scientists find
- Nothing to squirm about: Space station worms help battle muscle, bone loss
- World's oldest butchering tools gave evolutionary edge to human communication
- Expressing anger linked with better health in some cultures
- Brain imaging may help predict future behavior
- Too much gas, too little food appear major factors in injury, disease-related memory loss
- Was Beethoven's music literally heartfelt? Could a cardiac arrhythmia have influenced famous works by the musical great?
- Hey, guys: Posting a lot of selfies doesn't send a good message
- When DNA gets sent to time-out: New details revealed in the coordinated regulation of large stretches of DNA
- DNA origami could lead to nano 'transformers' for biomedical applications
- The biology of fun and playfulness
- 'Imaginary meal' tricks body into losing weight
- Startling benefit of cardiology meetings: Outcomes better when cardiologists away?
- Hunter-gatherer past shows our fragile bones result from inactivity since invention of farming
- In one aspect of vision, computers catch up to primate brain
- No 'bird brains'? Crows exhibit advanced relational thinking, study suggests
- Thumbs-up for mind-controlled robotic arm
- When you lose weight, where does the fat go? Most of the mass is breathed out as carbon dioxide, study shows
- Kids' cartoon characters twice as likely to die as counterparts in films for adults: Content on a par with 'rampant horrors' of popular films
- A lot or a little? Wolves discriminate quantities better than dogs
- Dental plaque reveals key plant in prehistoric Easter Island diet
- Virtual bodyswapping diminishes people's negative biases about others
- Linguistic methods uncover sophisticated meanings, monkey dialects
- Want to distract someone? An emotional face might work
- Show us how you play and it may tell us who you are
- Political leanings and time spent sitting around: Left wing 'armchair socialists' more physically active than political centrists
- Study supports the theory that men are idiots
- What's on your surgeon's playlist?
- Human DNA shows traces of 40-million-year battle for survival between primate and pathogen
- 3-D maps of folded genome: Catalog of 10,000 loops reveals new form of genetic regulation
- Worms' mental GPS helps them find food
- Sharing that crowded holiday flight with countless hitchhiking dust mites
- Honeybee hive sealant promotes hair growth in mice
- Laughing gas shows promise for severe depression, pilot study suggests
- Poisonous cure: Toxic fungi may hold secrets to tackling deadly diseases
- 3-D printing to the rescue of gastronomy for frail seniors
- Unlike people, monkeys aren't fooled by expensive brands
- See it, touch it, feel it: Researchers use ultrasound to make invisible 3-D haptic shape that can be seen and felt
- Stem cells from deceased patients recreated to study present-day illnesses
- Dogs hear our words and how we say them
- Pleasure at another's misfortune is evident in children as young as two
- How does the brain react to virtual reality? Completely different pattern of activity in brain
- Pain in a dish: Researchers turn skin cells into pain sensing neurons
- Nail stem cells prove more versatile than press-ons
- Life's extremists may be an untapped source of antibacterial drugs
- Tapeworm found living inside a patient's brain: Worm removed and sequenced
- Imagination, reality flow in opposite directions in the brain
- Don't get hacked! Research shows how much we ignore online warnings
- Bacterial slime: It's what's for dinner
- Unique sense of 'touch' gives a prolific bacterium its ability to infect anything
- Goodbye drafty backside, hello 'Model G' patient gown
- Biochemists build largest synthetic molecular 'cage' ever
- From dried cod to tissue sample preservation
- Scientists prevent memory problems caused by sleep deprivation
- Training can lead to synesthetic experiences: Does learning the 'color of' specific letters boost IQ?
- Mechanisms behind 'Mexican waves' in brain revealed by scientists
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