Brain & Behavior
How depressive thoughts persevere, interfere with memory in people with depression
Intrusive, enduring, depressive thoughts are an ever-present part of daily life for people with depression.
Nov 3, 2015
Health
Quiet 'epidemic' of drugs, alcohol and suicide has killed half a million middle-aged white Americans
Despite advances in health care and quality of life, white middle-aged Americans have seen overall mortality rates increase over the past 15 years…
Nov 3, 2015
Life
Oil-Based Pesticides Most Effective at Killing Contents of Brown Widow Spider Egg Sacs
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside might have found a breakthrough in the spider-control field.
Nov 3, 2015
Physics
New book details the scientific search for a planet — before Albert Einstein halted the quest
Ever heard of the planet Vulcan? In the late 1800s, many scientists thought it was real: a hot planet near Mercury (thus named for the god of the forge), whose gravitational pull supposedly caused a wobble in Mercury’s orbit.
Nov 3, 2015
Health
Magnetic cell sensors let scientists to track cells and interactions within them
MIT engineers have designed magnetic protein nanoparticles that can be used to track cells or to monitor interactions within cells.
Nov 2, 2015
Health
Could self-disseminating vaccines cut off emerging infectious diseases at source?
The 2014/2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa shone the spotlight not only on the unpreparedness of local health services and science to deal with the pandemic…
Nov 2, 2015
Health
Treatment of severe acne hampered by antibiotic overuse, delays in using stronger meds
A medical records analysis by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center concludes that physicians who treat severe acne leave too many patients on ineffective…
Oct 30, 2015
Health
3-D printing method for creating patient-specific medical devices
We’ve all seen pictures of premature babies in neonatal care units: tiny beings, some weighing just a bit over a pound, with plastic tubes snaking through their nose or mouth, or disappearing into veins or other parts of the body.
Oct 27, 2015
Health
Pregnant women in Brooklyn have highest levels of certain preservatives used in cosmetics
Researchers at the State University of New York-Downstate Medical Center and Arizona State University have published the first study of levels of parabens —…
Oct 26, 2015
Health
'Profound' success in treating blood disorder autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS)
Hematology researchers have safely and effectively treated children and young adults for autoimmune blood disorders in a multicenter clinical trial.
Oct 26, 2015
Earth & Environment
Stanford researchers' calculations reveal higher-than-expected global economic cost of climate change
When thousands of scientists, economists and policymakers meet in Paris this December to negotiate an international climate treaty, one question will dominate conversations: What is the climate worth?
Oct 22, 2015
Brain & Behavior
First mouse model of spontaneous depression-like episodes shows new candidate brain region
Scientists from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute have shown that a mouse strain with a mutation that leads to dysfunction of mitochondria--the "powerhouses"…
Oct 20, 2015
Earth & Environment
Bubble plumes off Washington, Oregon suggest warmer ocean may be releasing frozen methane
Warming ocean temperatures a third of a mile below the surface, in a dark ocean in areas with little marine life, might attract scant attention.
Oct 14, 2015
Brain & Behavior
In females, childhood head injury could lead to alcohol abuse later in life
Girls who suffer a concussive bump on the head in childhood could be at increased risk for abusing alcohol as adults, a new study suggests.
Oct 12, 2015