Empathy for others’ pain rooted in cognition rather than sensation
The ability to understand and empathize with others' pain is grounded in cognitive neural processes rather than sensory ones, according to the results of...
Experimental antibiotic treats deadly MRSA infection
A new experimental antibiotic developed by a team of scientists at Rutgers University successfully treats the deadly MRSA infection and restores the efficacy of...
New 200 million-year-old British species of marine reptile discovered
Wahlisaurus massare. Credit: James McKay
A new type of ichthyosaur, an extinct marine reptile alive at the same time as the dinosaurs, has been identified...
Researchers Find Possible Missing Link Between Sleep and Improved Memory
A team of sleep researchers at the University of California, Riverside, led by psychology professor Sara C. Mednick, has found that the autonomic nervous...
Researchers discover new way to turn electricity into light using graphene
This illustration depicts the process of light emission from a sheet of graphene, which is represented as the blue lattice on the top surface...
Bird brain? Ounce for ounce birds have significantly more neurons in their brains than...
The collection of avian brains that the scientists analyzed. For each species, the total number of neurons (in millions) in their brains is shown...
Eating more whole grains linked with lower mortality rates
Image Credit: Chiot's Run/Flickr
Eating more whole grains may reduce the risk of premature death, according to a new meta-analysis by researchers from Harvard T.H....
Sleep duration varies by alcohol drinking patterns, race, and sex
A new study found that alcohol-sleep relationship differed importantly by race and sex.
Compared to their white counterparts within each alcohol drinking pattern (never, moderate,...
Scientists amplify light using sound on a silicon chip
Yale scientists have found a way to amplify the intensity of light waves on a silicon microchip.Credit: Yale University
Yale scientists have found a way...
Caffeine has little to no benefit after 3 nights of sleep restriction
A new study found that after restricting sleep to 5 hours per night, caffeine use no longer improved alertness or performance after three nights.
Results...
El Nino drives fastest annual increase on record of carbon dioxide
The human-caused rise in atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide is being given an extra boost this year by the natural climate phenomena of El...
