Optimal electroacupuncture frequency for cerebral ischemia
Activated astrocytes have been shown to maintain ionic homeostasis, scavenge free radicals, provide nutrition and growth factors, promote the formation of new blood vessels, and sustain the...
View ArticleProgramme announced for IOF’s Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting in Hong Kong
The International Osteoporosis Foundation has announced the scientific programme for the 4th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting, to be held in Hong Kong from December 12-15, 2013. The Meeting will...
View ArticleFamily studies suggest rare genetic mutations team up to cause schizophrenia
Using a novel method of analyzing genetic variations in families, researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that individually harmless genetic variations affecting related biochemical processes may team...
View ArticleMothers’ gastrointestinal bypass surgery linked to children’s heart health
Researchers report differences in gene methylation that might underlie the improved markers of cardiovascular health observed in children born to mothers after gastrointestinal bypass surgery compared...
View ArticleRegenerating Ice Age plants
Plants buried by a glacier 400 years ago have regrown both in the lab and in the wild, researchers report. Catherine La Farge and colleagues inventoried bryophytes—nonvascular plants such as mosses and...
View ArticleCharting the evolution of Western music styles
Through a combination of methods based on music theory and machine learning, researchers report a technique that could track the evolution of music styles over the last two centuries. The evolution of...
View ArticleMaternal BPA exposure alters brain function and behavior in offspring
The offspring of female mice repeatedly exposed to low doses of the plasticizing chemical bisphenol A (BPA) exhibit long-lasting, sex-specific changes in DNA methylation and gene expression in the...
View ArticleLong-term benefits of selective dorsal rhizotomy in children with spastic...
Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is a surgical procedure used to treat spasticity in some children with spastic cerebral palsy. This procedure appears to be effective, but for how long?
View ArticleInitial insights into H7N9
A new report provides insight into H7N9, an avian influenza virus reported in humans on March 31, 2013, in Eastern China. The recent emergence of this virus in humans raised concerns for the occurrence...
View ArticleSmall dams on Chinese river harm environment more than expected, study finds
A fresh look at the environmental impacts of dams on an ecologically diverse and partially protected river in China found that small dams can pose a greater threat to ecosystems and natural landscape...
View ArticleCruise to Mars illuminates radiation risk to future astronauts
Once the stuff of science fiction, a human mission to Mars may be becoming more feasible, and a new report in the 31 May issue of Science provides insight into the relevant radiation hazards.
View ArticlePebbles help explain Mars’ aqueous past
Providing the most definitive proof yet of ancient river flow on Mars, a new study reports the discovery of conglomerates -- pebbles mixed with sand, and turned to rock -- in the sediment at Mars’ Gale...
View ArticleThe origin of the Moon's bulls-eyes
The first spacecraft to orbit the moon detected a stronger pull of gravity when it passed over ancient, bulls-eye-shaped basins that had been filled by thick lava flows, known as mare basalts. These...
View ArticleHuman activity echoes through Brazilian rainforest
The disappearance of large, fruit-eating birds from tropical forests in Brazil has caused the region’s forest palms to produce smaller, less successful seeds over the past century, researchers say. The...
View ArticleRupture process of the M7.0 Lushan earthquake, 2013
The lushan earthquake is another devastating earthquake following the Wenchuan earthquake. One recent research obtained the rupture process of this earthquake, they found that the rupture length is...
View ArticleUnique US-Chinese lab to head off H7N9 outbreak and future threats
The Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health (CII) and the National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention (NIVDC) within the Chinese...
View ArticleOrigin of winemaking in France
Chemical evidence, combined with archaeological data, suggests that the winemaking industry in France may have been fueled by imported wine from the Etruria region of Italy as early as 525 B.C.,...
View ArticleDiets of early humans and primates from Africa
Around 3.5 million years ago (Ma), the diets of early human ancestors diverged from those of other closely related primates, according to a series of studies that analyzed carbon isotopes in fossilized...
View ArticleSouthern Europeans’ genetic diversity explained by gene flow from North Africa
Southern Europeans might share ancestry with Africans to a far greater extent than previously reported, according to a study. Compared with people in northern Europe, southern Europeans harbor a higher...
View ArticleMarital satisfaction and breakups vary with meeting venue
More than one-third of nearly 20,000 Americans surveyed in a study met their spouse online, a meeting venue that is associated with a slightly higher level of marital satisfaction and lower rate of...
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