Month: November 2011
Some atheist scientists with children embrace religious traditions, according to new Rice research
Some atheist scientists with children embrace religious traditions for social and personal reasons, according to research from Rice University and the University at Buffalo — The State University of New York (SUNY).
The study also found that some at…
Diametric shift in 2 protein levels spurs Alzheimer’s plaque accumulation
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A diametric shift in the levels of two proteins involved in folding, moving and cutting other proteins enables accumulation of the destructive brain plaque found in Alzheimer’s disease, researchers report.
VPS35 is a protein that fold…
Aggression prevents the better part of valor … in fig wasps
Published online in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, the study confirms that placid male pollinator fig wasps work together to chew an escape tunnel for their females, before crawling back into the fig to die — the non-pollinating variety …