Scientists have created a heat-resistant thermal emitter that could significantly improve the efficiency of solar cells.
Oct 16, 2013
A brain region activated when people are asked to perform mathematical calculations in an experimental setting is similarly activated when they use numbers —…
Oct 15, 2013
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered key details of a brain-to-body signaling circuit that enables roundworms to lose weight independently of food intake.
Oct 11, 2013
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me," goes the playground rhyme that's supposed to help children endure taunts from classmates.
Oct 10, 2013
Like humans, many animals have close and stable friendships. However, until now, it has been unclear what makes particular individuals bond.
Oct 9, 2013
Laboratory analysis of chicken nuggets from two major fast-food chains found they contained between 40 and 50 percent meat, the remainder being fat, skin, connective tissue, blood vessels, nerves and bone fragments.
Oct 8, 2013
NASA's footage of the first moon landing promised a future of sci-fi heroism that never came to pass, according to a new study.
Oct 5, 2013
In 2011, when an MIT senior named John Romanishin proposed a new design for modular robots to his robotics professor, Daniela Rus, she said, “That can’t be…
Oct 4, 2013
Prostate cancer screening has little benefit for men aged 75 and older, yet over three years, the Medicare fee-for-service program spent $447 million annually…
Oct 4, 2013
Nocturnal animals need their noses to stay alive. Mice, among others, depend on their impressive olfactory powers to sniff out food or avoid danger in the dark.
Oct 3, 2013
Activating a mother’s immune system during her pregnancy disrupts the development of neural cells in the brain of her offspring and damages the cells' ability…
Sep 30, 2013
Spanish scientists are the first to reveal the previously unknown enigma of the effect melatonin has to counter obesity in the organism and why it has…
Sep 25, 2013
Prenatal cocaine exposure affects both behavior and brain. Animal studies have shown that exposure to cocaine during in utero development causes numerous disruptions in normal brain development and negatively affects behavior from birth and into adulthood.
Sep 25, 2013
Friendships matter throughout life, and in early adolescence they provide validation and emotional support.
Sep 24, 2013
