Seizure disorders -- including epilepsy -- are associated with pathological hyperexcitability in brain neurons.
Oct 14, 2017
When gliding through our old and rusty skies, You filtered out the wheezing, blackened air; A century of progress built on lies, Now captured in the feathered down you wear.
Oct 13, 2017
Your pearly whites gleam in the midday sun, But soon your eyes will close and you will sleep; There will be no dreams behind your eyelids, Only the cool steel of the artist’s knife.
Oct 6, 2017
There are precious few species today in the biodiversity hotspot of Madagascar that scientists can trace directly back to when all of Earth’s continents were joined together as part of the primeval supercontinent Pangea.
Oct 4, 2017
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have tested a genetically-modified (GM) soybean oil used in restaurants and found that while it induces…
Oct 2, 2017
New clues to non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which affects nearly all obese adults and a rising percentage of obese children, have been reported in a paper published earlier this month in the journal Gut.
Sep 29, 2017
The Oxford Medical dictionary defines sepsis as “the putrefactive destruction of tissues by disease-causing bacteria or their toxins” and there is no argument that sepsis, or ‘blood poisoning,’ is a serious health problem.
Sep 29, 2017
The oceans are awash with our debris, As plastics from our lives flow down the drain And travel down hewn channels to the sea, Where laced with man-made poisons they remain.
Sep 27, 2017
Johns Hopkins researchers have succeeded in genetically engineering mice to display traits of bipolar disorder—which turned out to respond well to human treatments like lithium.
Sep 26, 2017
This city is alive with music, magic and dance Underpinned with an industrial heart That beats with the vibrancy of scientific discovery.
Sep 22, 2017
Flint's lead-contaminated water crisis caused fewer babies being born there — through reduced fertility rates and higher fetal death rates — compared with…
Sep 20, 2017
You prowl and sniff the air around your pack, With outsized ears you wear just like a crown Atop a cloak of matted, mottled brown; The silence summons heckles on your back.
Sep 15, 2017
A powdery mix of metal nanocrystals wrapped in single-layer sheets of carbon atoms, developed at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National…
Sep 14, 2017
Sunbeams two-step over white blankets Gliding painlessly between worlds, Then stray too close to the edge Where looming Arctic waves Trap their latent heat; Ending the dance, And leaving Only Sea.
Sep 7, 2017
