There lies untapped potential in arts education among children and teenagers who are in danger of being marginalized later in…
Medical News Today: Cancer: Why drug testing needs to improve
A new study finds that many new cancer drugs may not work in the way their developers think they do,…
More operations are scheduled if doctor is well rested
Researchers have investigated how orthopedic surgeons make decisions regarding surgery, and how the decisions are related to how much of…
Drug delivery: Thermo-responsive protein hydrogel
Bio-engineering researchers have created a biocompatible, protein-based hydrogel that could serve as a drug delivery system durable enough to survive…
Bigger cities boost ‘social crimes’
The same underlying mechanism that boosts urban innovation and startup businesses can also explain why certain types of crimes, like…
Three faces of teen popularity: Being feared, being loved, and being feared and loved
In novel longitudinal study, researchers identified three distinct types of teen popularity: prosocial popular; aggressive popular; and bistrategic popular or…
Autoantibodies in pregnancy: A cause of behavioral disorders in the child?
Dysfunctions in the maternal immune system that occur during pregnancy could possibly lead to impaired brain development in the unborn…
Psoriasis drug target offers potential for osteosarcoma
A treatment for psoriasis could be repurposed to treat a rare but aggressive form of youth cancer, new findings suggest.
Stabilizing neuronal branching for healthy brain circuitry
Novel molecular mechanism may regulate microtubule stability, important for neuronal branching and potentially for nerve regeneration.
Scientists construct energy production unit for a synthetic cell
Scientists have constructed synthetic vesicles in which ATP, the main energy carrier in living cells, is produced. The vesicles use…