Researchers Turn Viruses Into Nano Building Blocks
Using a combination of chemistry and molecular genetics, researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and The Skaggs Institute for…
Neuroscientists Find Brain Regions Involved In Imitation
In a pair of pioneering studies, a French and American team of social-cognitive neuroscientists have identified a network of brain…
Perception Stored In Single Neurones
Our perception of objects depends on our prior experience with them. What most people would call a bird is “obviously”…
Is Intelligence Fixed?
According to neuro and cognitive scientists, different intellectual abilities are based on neural circuits that require environmental stimulation for development…
Global Cooling In Antarctica
Antarctica overall has cooled measurably during the last 35 years – despite a global average increase in air temperature of…
Scientific Bias Causing Mass Extinctions
Scientific bias towards the cute, unique or spectacular may be helping condemn a substantial proportion of the world’s plants and…
Army Researching Stink Bombs
Department of Defense officials have asked researchers at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia to create a universally offensive…
A Genetic Basis for Obsessive Grooming
A gene involved in setting up the mammalian body plan also appears to control grooming behavior in mice. Researchers who…
Fat Gene Discovered
Independent scientific research groups from Pfizer and Harvard Medical School have discovered a critical gene responsible for fat cell development.…