science
Dopamine levels fall during migraine attacks, brain scans show
Outfitted with a joystick and special glasses, Assistant Professor Alex DaSilva examines 3D images of the brain to better understand brain chemical fluctuations during...
Sleep-inducing herb: The key component identified
Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is an Indian herb.
Credit: University of Tsukuba
Can't sleep? Your sleep problems may be improved if you try an Indian herb, Ashwagandha....
Further reductions in radiotherapy to young children with brain tumors less...
This is a child receiving radiation therapy at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Credit: CHLA
A team of investigators has determined that young children participating in a...
Stem cell drug screen yields potential alternative to statins
This is an illustration featuring foxglove, the plant from which cardiac glycosides are derived.
Credit: Illustration by Dr. Stephen Duncan, Medical University of South Carolina
Scientists...
Smell helps primates flee parasites
Mandrill grooming sessions.
Credit: © Nory El Ksabi, Alice Percher
Researchers from the CNRS have discovered that mandrills use their sense of smell to avoid contamination...
Next generation perovskite solar cells with new world-record performance
This is the distinguished Prof. Sang-Il Seok of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST.
Credit: Photo by Hong Beom Ahn, Design by HyeJee Park
A recent...
When peaceful coexistence suddenly turns into competition
The larger prey species used in the experiment, the springtail Folsomia candida.
Credit: Andy Murray
To find out how rising temperatures could affect species diversity, biologists...
Money to burn: As the wealthy get wealthier, carbon emissions grow...
This study is the first to link income inequality and carbon emissions within and across the individual U.S. states.
Credit: © andranik123 / Fotolia
Across the...
Transcription factor expression tied to medial amygdala neuronal ID, sex-specific response
This is Joshua G. Corbin, Ph.D., principal investigator in the Center for Neuroscience Research at Children's National Health System.
Credit: Children's National Health System
Neurons derived...
‘Nesting doll’ minerals offer clues to Earth’s mantle dynamics
The fragment of the metamorphic rock eclogite in which the garnet that encased the ferric-iron-rich majorite sample was found in Northern China.
Credit: Courtesy of...
Record new renewable power capacity added worldwide at lower cost
Investment in renewables capacity was roughly double that in fossil fuel generation in 2016 say researchers. (Stock image)
Credit: © ptyszku / Fotolia
As the cost...
