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Image-Guided Treatment Shown to Break the Migraine Cycle
Mar. 1, 2015 — An innovative interventional radiology treatment has been found to offer chronic migraine sufferers sustained relief of their headaches, according to new research. Clinicians have used a treatment ... full story -
Genetics Reveals Where Emperor Penguins Survived the Last Ice Age
Mar. 1, 2015 — A study of how climate change has affected emperor penguins over the last 30,000 years found that only three populations may have survived during the last ice age, and that the Ross Sea in Antarctica ... full story -
Psychology of Food Choice: Challenging the Status Quo
Feb. 28, 2015 — Researchers are challenging conventional beliefs about the effectiveness of traditional strategies for encouraging healthy eating. Researchers tackle issues such as the harmfulness of weight-stigma, ... full story -
First Detailed Microscopy Evidence of Bacteria at the Lower Size Limit of Life
Feb. 27, 2015 — Scientists have captured the first detailed microscopy images of ultra-small bacteria that are believed to be about as small as life can get. The existence of ultra-small bacteria has been debated ... full story -
Crohn's Disease Not Exempt from Racial Disparities
Feb. 27, 2015 — Significant differences were found in hospital re-admissions, medication usage, and both medical and surgical complications of children with Crohn's disease related to race. In the study, black ... full story -
Research of Plain Wren Duets Could Help Further Understand Fundamentals of Conversation
Feb. 27, 2015 — Known for their beautiful singing duets, plain wrens of Costa Rica perform precise phrase-by-phrase modifications to the duration between two consecutive phrases, achieving careful coordination as ... full story -
Life 'Not as We Know It' Possible on Saturn's Moon Titan
Feb. 27, 2015 — A new type of methane-based, oxygen-free life form that can metabolize and reproduce similar to life on Earth has been modeled. It is theorized to have a cell membrane, composed of small organic ... full story -
Introverts Prefer Mountains
Feb. 27, 2015 — In a series of three studies, researchers tested whether there is a link between personality and an aspect of physical ecology: flat terrain versus mountainous terrain. The study found that only one ... full story -
The Better to See You With: Prosthetic Leg Would Keep an Eye on Path Ahead
Feb. 27, 2015 — A mechanical engineer and his team have developed a computer-controlled camera that enables their robotic ankle to see where it is ... full story -
New Compounds Protect Nervous System from the Structural Damage Characteristic of Multiple Sclerosis
Feb. 27, 2015 — A newly characterized group of pharmacological compounds block both the inflammation and nerve cell damage seen in mouse models of multiple sclerosis, according to a study. Multiple sclerosis is a ... full story -
Reviving Drugs With Anti-Stroke Potential, Minus Side Effects
Feb. 27, 2015 — Scientists have found NMDA receptor antagonists that can limit damage to the brain in animal models of stroke, apparently without the pronounced side effects seen with similar drugs. Now researchers ... full story -
Bringing Clean Energy a Step Closer
Feb. 27, 2015 — Researchers have made an inexpensive metal-free catalyst that performs as well as costly metal catalysts at speeding the oxygen reduction reaction in an acidic fuel cell, and is more durable. The ... full story -
Energy Use in Buildings: Innovative, Lower Cost Sensors and Controls Yield Better Energy Efficiency
Feb. 27, 2015 — Buildings are responsible for about 40 percent of the energy consumed in the United States. Studies indicate that advanced sensors and controls have the potential to reduce the energy consumption of ... full story -
Mystery of the Reverse-Wired Eyeball Solved
Feb. 27, 2015 — Counter-intuitively, in vertebrates photoreceptors are located behind the neurons in the back of the eye. Now physicists explain why the neural wiring seems to be ... full story -
Predicting Human Crowds With Statistical Physics
Feb. 27, 2015 — A general law of how pedestrians interact in a crowd can be used to create realistic crowds in virtual reality games and to make public spaces ... full story -
How Were Fossil Tracks Made by Early Triassic Swimming Reptiles So Well Preserved?
Feb. 27, 2015 — That swim tracks made by tetrapods occur in high numbers in deposits from the Early Triassic is well known. What is less clear is why the tracks are so abundant and well preserved. Paleontologists ... full story -
Cryptochrome Protein Helps Birds Navigate Via Magnetic Field
Feb. 27, 2015 — Researchers have found one one possible explanation for some birds' ability to sense the earth's magnetic field and use it to orient themselves: a magnetically sensitive protein called ... full story -
Enhancing Studies on a Possible Blood Biomarker for Traumatic Brain Injury
Feb. 27, 2015 — New technology could help advance blood biomarker capabilities for improved diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI). An estimated 1.7 million Americans suffer a traumatic ... full story -
Physician-Industry Conflict of Interest Issue from MS Patient Perspective
Feb. 27, 2015 — A new study explores what multiple sclerosis patients know, or want to know, about their physician’s financial relationship with the pharmaceutical company sponsoring clinical ... full story -
Growth Signal Can Influence Cancer Cells' Vulnerability to Drugs, Study Suggests
Feb. 27, 2015 — In theory, a tumor is an army of clones, made up of many copies of the original cancerous cell. But tumor cells don't always act like duplicates, and their unpredictable behavior can create ... full story
- Image-guided treatment shown to break the migraine cycle
- Genetics reveals where emperor penguins survived the last ice age
- First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life
- Crohn's disease not exempt from racial disparities
- Research of plain wren duets could help further understand fundamentals of conversation
- Life 'not as we know it' possible on Saturn's moon Titan
- Introverts prefer mountains
- The better to see you with: Prosthetic leg would keep an eye on path ahead
- New compounds protect nervous system from the structural damage characteristic of multiple sclerosis
- Reviving drugs with anti-stroke potential, minus side effects
- Bringing clean energy a step closer
- Energy use in buildings: Innovative, lower cost sensors and controls yield better energy efficiency
- Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solved
- Predicting human crowds with statistical physics
- How were fossil tracks made by Early Triassic swimming reptiles so well preserved?
- Cryptochrome protein helps birds navigate via magnetic field
- Enhancing studies on a possible blood biomarker for traumatic brain injury
- Physician-industry conflict of interest issue from MS patient perspective
- Growth signal can influence cancer cells' vulnerability to drugs, study suggests
- Aggressive boys tend to develop into physically stronger teens
- Study challenges theory on unconscious memory system in the brain
- Zombie outbreak? Statistical mechanics reveals the ideal hideout; and informs real disease modeling
- Saving energy: Increasing oil flow in the Keystone pipeline with electric fields
- Hiv controls its activity independent of host cells
- High stress for new mothers increases secondhand smoke risk for infants
- Sun has more impact on the climate in cool periods
- Modern logging techniques benefit rainforest wildlife
- Breakthrough in understanding how cancer cells metastasize
- New breast cancer test links immune 'hotspots' to better survival
- New filter could advance terahertz data transmission
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- Feast-and-famine diet could help extend life, study suggests
- Transient details of HIV genome packaging captured
- Neurons controlling appetite made from skin cells
- Left or right? The brain knows before you move
- Urine test could lead to better treatment of bladder cancer
- Global health experts call into question sub-Saharan cancer data
- QR codes with advanced imaging and photon encryption protect computer chips
- New ultrasensitive test for peanut allergies
- Newly discovered algal species helps corals survive in the hottest reefs on the planet
- Suicide rates rising for older US adults
- Experts warn of stem cell underuse as transplants reach one million worldwide
- Quantum radar to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems
- Wind-powered freighters
- DNA evidence shows surprise cultural connections between Britain and Europe 8,000 years ago
- Quality control for adult stem cell treatment
- Antibiotic resistant salad: Resistant Listeria monocytogenes not as widespread as thought
- Level of pollutants accumulated in the body linked to obesity levels
- Synthetic biology breakthrough leads to cheaper statin production
- Cardiac and respiratory function supported by abdominal muscles in muscular dystrophy
- Calling the shots: Brain's decision-making structure
- Talking drone offers aviation safety boost
- Shake it off? Not so easy for people with depression, new brain research suggests
- Women veterans younger, more depressed when referred for heart test
- Adults wtih disabilities screened for cancer less often
- Top-precision optical atomic clock starts ticking
- Poor response to cholesterol drugs may indicate blocked arteries
- Statin use associated with reduced risk of liver cancer among those in the uk
- Urine test predicts heart failure patients' risk of kidney injury
- Study successfully screens for diabetes at dental visits using oral blood
- Can coffee reduce your risk of MS?
- Why debunked autism treatment fads persist
- Economic models provide insights into global sustainability challenges
- Malaria transmission linked to mosquitoes' sexual biology
- Novel gene variants discovered in a difficult childhood immune disorder
- Embrace unknowns, opt for flexibility in environmental policies, experts say
- 'Ecosystem services' help assess ocean energy development
- People with disabilities experience unrecognized health disparities, new research shows
- Caging of molecules allows investigation of equilibrium thermodynamics
- Interaction of Atlantic and Pacific oscillations caused 'false pause' in warming
- Role of specialized protein affirmed in assuring normal cell development
- Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease reversed in rats
- Fighting Colorado potato beetle with RNA interference
- Living in genetic comfort zone: How to avoid influence of genetic variation
- Asian herb holds promise as treatment for Ebola virus disease
- How mantis shrimp evolved many shapes with same powerful punch
- Method for mapping neuron clusters developed
- GLP-1 secretion is reduced in overweight, pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes
- Neurons that help predict what another individual will do identified
- Bumblebees make false memories, too
- Building blocks of the future defy logic: New logic-defying mathematical model
- Amphibian chytrid fungus reaches Madagascar
- Protein pathway involved in brain tumor stem cell growth identified
- Blood samples as surrogates for tumor biopsies in patients with lung cancer
- Pollution is driving force behind growth of nuisance algal scums linked to disease
- New research predicts when, how materials will act
- Could squirmy livestock dent africa's protein deficit?
- New x-ray microscope for nanoscale imaging
- How rare antibody targets Ebola and Marburg virus
- Superatomic Nickel core and unusual molecular reactivity
- Teacher prejudices put girls off math, science, study suggests
- Chemo before breast cancer operation increases likelihood of breast-preserving procedure
- New insight found in black hole collisions
- Thinking of God makes people bigger risk-takers, study suggests
- The eyes have it: Cats put sight over smell in finding food
- Persistent Insomnia, Increased Mortality Risk: Link found by researchers
- Twin study lends new insights into link between back pain and depression
- Emergency doctors and paramedics commonly misinterpret documents for end-of-life care choices, study finds
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