Study finds bidirectional relationship between schizophrenia and epilepsy
Researchers from Taiwan have confirmed a bidirectional relation between schizophrenia and epilepsy.
We are not only eating 'materials', we are also eating 'information'
In a new study, Chen-Yu Zhang's group at Nanjing university present a rather striking finding that plant miRNAs could make into the host blood and tissues via the route of food-intake.
Cassini presents Saturn moon quintet
With the artistry of a magazine cover shoot, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this portrait of five of Saturn's moons poised along the planet's rings.
Food and drugs: Administer together
A regulatory bias against taking oral anti-cancer medications with food places many patients at increased risk for an overdose and forces them to "flush costly medicines down the toilet," argues Mark Ratain, MD, an authority on cancer-drug dosing.
Fukushima: Reflections 6 months on
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists publish special issue on Fukushima
More than a sign of sleepiness, yawning may cool the brain
Though considered a mark of boredom or fatigue, yawning might also be a trait of the hot-headed. Literally.
Primitive birds shared dinosaurs' fate
A new study puts an end to the longstanding debate about how archaic birds went extinct, suggesting they were virtually wiped out by the same meteorite impact that put an end to dinosaurs 65 million years ago.
Soy peptide + chemo drug block colon cancer's spread to liver
A University of Illinois study reports a promising new weapon in treating metastatic colon cancer, particularly in patients who have developed resistance to chemotherapy.
Back pain? Move, don't rest!
Move if you have back pain, this is the advice of a researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg.
Polio Strain Spreads To China From Pakistan, WHO Says
The World Health Organization has warned countries that a 'dangerous' strain of polio has spread to China from Pakistan.
Solar System Likely Once Had Another Gas-Giant Planet
To evolve into our current solar system, the original version probably had a fifth gas giant, computer simulations indicate. John Matson reports
Landmark international study confirms common genetic contribution to mental illness
Largest study of its kind confirms common genetic contributors to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
Proton-based transistor could let machines communicate with living things
Human devices, from light bulbs to iPods, send information using electrons. Human bodies and all other living things, on the other hand, send signals and perform work using ions or protons.
Shark chemical 'a good antiviral'
A chemical found in the dogfish shark could be a safe and potent weapon against human viruses, say scientists.
Electric current to aid learning
Electrically stimulating the brain can help to speed up the process of learning, scientists have shown.
Whooping Cough Vaccination Fades in 3 Years
A new study shows that the risk of getting whooping cough was as much as 20 times higher in kids three years or more after they finished receiving a series of vaccinations.
The body rids itself of damage when it really matters
Although the body is constantly replacing cells and cell constituents, damage and imperfections accumulate over time. Cleanup efforts are saved for when it really matters.
'Promiscuous parasites' hijack host immune cells
Toxoplasma gondii parasites can invade your bloodstream, break into your brain and prompt behavioral changes from recklessness to neuroticism.
Twin study reveals epigenetic alterations of psychiatric disorders
The first study to investigate genome-wide epigenetic differences in a large number of psychosis discordant twin-pairs provides further evidence that epigenetic processes play an important role in neuropsychiatric disease.
Marijuana administration after a traumatic experience prevents post-traumatic stress symptoms
In a study performed on rats, the researchers found that marijuana does not erase the traumatic experience, but only the development of post-trauma symptoms
A gene for Lou Gehrig's disease and frontotemporal dementia identified
Frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease -- two fatal neurodegenerative disease with distinct symptoms -- are triggered by a common mutation in many cases, according to researchers who say they have identified the mutated gene.
Slippery slope:Researchers take advice from a carnivorous plant
Bio-inspired coating resists liquids and could lead to a broad range of advances in fuel transport, anti-bacterial surfaces and more
Aboriginal Australians: The first explorers
In an exciting development, an international team of researchers have, for the first time, pieced together the human genome from an Aboriginal Australian.
Resident conferences that focus on mistakes result in higher quality of care
Residents who attend conferences that focus on missed or misinterpreted cases are 67% less likely to miss important findings when reading on-call musculoskeletal x-ray images, a new study shows.
Scientists use brain imaging to reveal the movies in our mind
UC Berkeley researchers decode and reconstruct dynamic visual experiences, in this case Hollywood movie trailers
DNA study suggests Asia was settled in multiple waves of migration
Analysis reveals archaic Denisovans lived from Siberia to Southeast Asia
Double whammy gene therapy clears HIV from body
A person with HIV who didn't take antiretroviral drugs for three months remained free of the virus, thanks to a groundbreaking gene therapy.
UCLA scientists find H1N1 flu virus prevalent in animals in Africa
UCLA life scientists and their colleagues have discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa.
Brain imaging reveals the movies in our mind
Imagine tapping into the mind of a coma patient, or watching one's own dream on YouTube. With a cutting-edge blend of brain imaging and computer simulation, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are bringing these futuristic scenarios within reach.
Particles Found to Travel Faster than Speed of Light
Neutrino results challenge a cornerstone of Albert Einstein​'s special theory of relativity, which itself forms the foundation of modern physics.
Scientists make virus discovery
Scientists have gained new knowledge into how viruses such as flu and HIV jump between species.
Rotavirus vaccination leads to large decreases in health care costs, doctor visits
Vaccinating infants against rotavirus has resulted in dramatic decreases in health care use and treatment costs for diarrhea-related illness in U.S. infants and young children, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
First life may have arisen above serpentine rock, researchers say
Researchers demonstrate the plausibility of one theory: that life originated above serpentinite rock on the ocean bottom
Death 'by spontaneous combustion'
A man who burned to death in his home died as a result of spontaneous combustion, an Irish coroner has ruled.
Infusing chemotherapy into the liver gives extra months of disease-free life in melanoma patients
Melanoma of the eye (ocular or uveal melanoma) frequently spreads to the liver and, once this has happened, there is no effective treatment and patients die within an average of two to four months.
Goats could increase the risk of a rare lung cancer
Exposure to goats could increase the risk of a certain type of lung cancer, according to French researchers.
Resurrected ancient protein is a potent antibiotic
If modern medicine cannot provide an answer to multidrug-resistant microbes, perhaps ancient animals can.