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Earth & Environment

New Poll: Most Americans Want Government to Combat Climate Change, But Divided On Paying For Solutions

Nearly 4 in 10 Americans have not yet made up their minds on fracking, while just 2 in 10 say they favor the practice.

Sep 15, 2016

Health

Special T cells that target solid tumors offer potential treatment for pediatric and adult cancers

Adoptive cell-therapies, in which a patient’s own immune cells are used to recognize and target tumors, have shown breakthrough results for patients with…

Sep 14, 2016

Brain & Behavior

Chronic stress increases level of a protein that decreases availability of mood-regulating chemical

One way chronic stress appears to cause depression is by increasing levels of a protein in the brain that decreases the availability of an important chemical that regulates our mood, scientists report.

Sep 13, 2016

Health

Researchers find combined effects of two genes responsible for premature skull fusion in infants

During the first year of life, the human brain doubles in size, and continues expanding through adolescence.

Sep 12, 2016

Health

Stanford engineers develop the 'potalyzer,' a roadside saliva test for marijuana intoxication

This November, several states will vote whether to legalize marijuana use, joining more than 20 states that already allow some form of cannabis use.

Sep 12, 2016

Health

Activity tracker uses heart rate to personalize amount of exercise needed to prevent death

A novel activity tracker has been developed that uses heart rate data to personalise the amount of exercise needed to reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.

Aug 27, 2016

Technology

Smartphone speech recognition can write text messages three times faster than human typing

Smartphone speech recognition software gets a bad rap. Most users find the nascent technology to be frustratingly slow, and there are entire blogs dedicated to documenting examples of its biggest – and sometimes hilarious – mistakes.

Aug 26, 2016

Bloggers

Structural, regulatory and human error were factors in Washington highway bridge collapse

Aug 24, 2016

Technology

NSF awards $110 million to bring advanced cyberinfrastructure to nation’s scientists, engineers

Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a $110 million award to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and 18 partner institutions to…

Aug 23, 2016

Brain & Behavior

FDA allows marketing of first-of-kind computerized cognitive tests to help assess cognitive skills after a head injury

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today (Aug 22) permitted marketing of two new devices to assess a patient’s cognitive function immediately after a suspected brain injury or concussion.

Aug 23, 2016

Bloggers

The Division of Life

Meiosis is the way new life is made, Two rounds of cell division is its aim; This is how information is conveyed, Ensuring pairs of chromosomes remain.

Aug 18, 2016

Health

Zika infection may affect adult brain cells, suggesting risk may not be limited to pregnant women

Aug 18, 2016

Life

Scientists Take Big Step Toward Recreating Primordial ‘RNA World’ of Four Billion Years Ago

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have taken a big step toward the laboratory re-creation of the “RNA world,” which is generally believed to have preceded modern life forms based on DNA and proteins.

Aug 16, 2016

Health

Medicaid expansion under ACA linked with better health care, improved health for low-income adults

Two years after Medicaid coverage was expanded under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in their states, low-income adults in Kentucky and Arkansas received more…

Aug 8, 2016