CSHL team finds evidence for the genetic basis of autism
Models of autism show that gene copy number controls brain structure and behavior
Researchers call for more awareness of male breast cancer as cases rise
Awareness of male breast cancer is low and most men do not even know they are at risk despite an increase in cases, reveals new research from the University of Leeds.
Inside of nose reveals time of death
TINY finger-like projections lining the nose continue to beat after death. Since the beating of these cilia slows at a predictable rate, forensic teams should be able to estimate time of death more accurately.
Study in Lancet finds use of hormonal contraception doubles HIV risk
Women using hormonal contraception --such as a birth control pill or a shot like Depo-Provera – are at double the risk of acquiring HIV
University of Texas Health Science Center: Alzheimer's might be transmissible in similar way as infectious prion diseases
The brain damage that characterizes Alzheimer's disease may originate in a form similar to that of infectious prion diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob, according to newly published research by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
Pumice proposed as home to the first life forms: A new hypothesis in Astrobiology journal
The glassy, porous, and once gas-rich rock called pumice may have given rise to early life forms, according to a provocative new hypothesis on the origin of life
Part of placebo effect ascribed to cannabinoids
Study suggests that cannabinoids are playing an important role in nonopioid preconditioned placebo effects
A hormone that fights fat with fat
Sanford-Burnham scientists reveal that a hormone called orexin prevents obesity in mice by activating brown fat, a tissue that's good at burning calories
Same-day discharge after coronary artery stenting safe, yet not used
Patients discharged the same day they undergo coronary artery stenting do just as well as patients hospitalized overnight for observation
This is your brain on estrogen
It's no secret that women often gain weight as they get older. The sex hormone estrogen has an important, if underappreciated, role to play in those burgeoning waistlines.
An Addiction Vaccine, Tantalizingly Close
Imagine a vaccine against smoking: People trying to quit would light up a cigarette and feel nothing. Or a vaccine against cocaine, one that would prevent addicts from enjoying the drug’s high.
Why Do Some People Learn Faster?
People learn how to get it right by getting it wrong again and again
Recognition of anger, fear, disgust most affected in dementia
A new study on emotion recognition has shown that people with frontotemporal dementia are more likely to lose the ability to recognise negative emotions, such as anger, fear and disgust, than positive emotions such as happiness.
Planetary Pretender: Asteroid Vesta Has Planet-Like Features
NASA's Dawn spacecraft is getting up close and personal with the giant asteroid, revealing rift valleys, mountainous uplifts and a belt of grooves near its equator
Across the Atlantic on flotsam: New fossil findings shed light on the origins of the mysterious bird Hoatzin
A team has examined fossil relatives of the South American Hoatzin, which point to African origins for the enigmatic bird.
Spanish women marry immigrants with more qualifications
Study results indicate that, unlike Spanish men, Spanish women prefer immigrants with more qualifications
Last universal common ancestor more complex than previously thought
New evidence suggests that LUCA was a sophisticated organism after all, with a complex structure recognizable as a cell
Earlier tracheostomies result in better patient outcomes
A tracheostomy performed within the first seven days after a severe head injury results in better overall patient outcome, according to a team of Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
US not taking basic step to prevent toxoplasmosis in newborns, Stanford researcher contends
North American babies who acquire toxoplasmosis infections in the womb show much higher rates of brain and eye damage than European infants with the same infection, according to new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Natural Selection Leaves Fresh Footprints on a Canadian Island
From parish records in a French-Canadian island, researchers have uncovered what may be the most recent known instance of human evolution in response to natural selection.
First comet found with ocean-like water
New evidence supports the theory that comets delivered a significant portion of Earth's oceans, which scientists believe formed about 8 million years after the planet itself.
Six ways to never get lost in a city again
Many people now rely on their smartphones, sat-navs or other GPS devices to find their way around. But when these fail us, and there's no-one to ask for directions, there's a more natural way to navigate, says Tristan Gooley.
Zoologger: The first reptile with a true placenta
This arrangement was thought to have only evolved once. It now appears that it evolved at least twice: once in mammals, and once in an African lizard
Archaeologist argues world's oldest temples were not temples at all
Ancient structures uncovered in Turkey and thought to be the world's oldest temples may not have been strictly religious buildings after all, according to an article in the October issue of Current Anthropology.
Marijuana component could ease pain from chemotherapy drugs
A chemical component of the marijuana plant could prevent the onset of pain associated with drugs used in chemo therapy, particularly in breast cancer patients, according to researchers at Temple University's School of Pharmacy.
Diabetic rats cured with their own stem cells
A cure for diabetes could be sitting in our brains. Neural stem cells, extracted from rats via the nose, have been turned into pancreatic cells that can manufacture insulin to treat diabetes.
Scientists turns liver cells directly into neurons with new technique
Fully mature liver cells from laboratory mice have been transformed directly into functional neurons by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Double Impact: Did 2 Giant Collisions Turn Uranus on Its Side?
A pair of giant impacts early in solar system history could reconcile the dramatic tilt of Uranus with the equatorial orbit of its satellites
Extra calcium during pregnancy has no benefits, except to prevent hypertension
Most physicians instruct pregnant women to increase their calcium intake, but a new evidence review of potential benefits of calcium supplementation for mom and baby found none, except for the prevention of pregnancy-related hypertension.
Prehistoric Dog Found with Mammoth Bone in Mouth
The dogs' brains may have been used for ritualistic purposes by humans.
Brain imaging reveals why we remain optimistic in the face of reality
For some people, the glass is always half full.
Antiretroviral therapy has tripled the proportion of adults achieving undetectable levels of HIV
Almost one in five patients achieved undetectable levels of HIV in 2000 and this increased substantially to nearly three in five patients in 2009
Giant kraken lair discovered
Long before whales, the oceans of Earth were roamed by a very different kind of air-breathing leviathan.
Siberian region 'confirms Yeti exists'
A Russian region in Siberia on Monday confidently proclaimed that its mountains are home to yetis after finding "indisputable proof" of the existence of the hairy beasts in an expedition.

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