Spatio-temporal resolution: Background: Cerebral cortex has a very large number of testosterone receptors, which could be a basis for sex differences in sensory functions. For example, audition has clear sex differences, which are related to …

Different chimp communities display various styles of grooming behaviour. Researchers have found out that chimpanzees are not only capable of learning from one another, but also use this social information to form and maintain local …

A compound found in green tea could be a weapon in treatments for tackling cancer, according to newly-published research at the University of Strathclyde. The extract, known as epigallocatechin gallate, has been known to have preventative …

New finding may help explain the gender difference in happiness.  A new study has found a gene that appears to make women happy, but it doesn’t work for men. The finding may help explain why …

Direct Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Haploid Spermatogenic Cells.Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) have been shown to differentiate into primordial germ cells (PGCs) but not into spermatogonia, …

Is sleep learning possible? A new Weizmann Institute study appearing today in Nature Neuroscience online has found that if certain odors are presented after tones during sleep, people will start sniffing when they hear the tones alone …

Coming less than a year after the announcement of the first circumbinary planet, Kepler-16b, NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered multiple transiting planets orbiting two suns for the first time. This system, known as a circumbinary …

Neil Armstrong, Former NASA Astronaut and the First Person to Walk on the Moon, Dies at 82. Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon has died. He was 82. Armstrong, considered an …

Little Music Training Goes A Long Way. Practicing music for only few years in childhood helps improve adult brain.  little music training in childhood goes a long way in improving how the brain functions in …

Biological structures may help engineers design new materials. From an engineer’s perspective, plants such as palm trees, bamboo, maples and even potatoes are examples of precise engineering on a microscopic scale. Like wooden beams reinforcing …

Even though it sounds like science fiction, researchers are taking a second look at a controversial idea that uses futuristic ships to shoot salt water high into the sky over the oceans, creating clouds that …

Novel technology now available to patients in the U.S. Miramar Labs announced that the miraDry System for the treatment of primary axillary hyperhidrosis, commonly known as excessive underarm sweat, is now available to select physicians …

Caltech Wins Toilet Challenge. Caltech’s solar-powered toilet has won the Reinventing the Toilet Challenge issued by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Caltech engineer Michael Hoffmann and his colleagues were awarded $100,000 for their design, …

IFAU researchers examine the interplay between light amplification and light loss. For the first time ever, physicists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have succeeded in proving that an optical system can be ‘invisible’ from one side …

Fruity science halves fat in chocolate. It may not make chocolate one of your five a day – but scientists have found a way to replace up to 50 per cent of its fat content …

From high above the Earth, the International Space Station (ISS) provides a unique vantage point to view our home planet. Stunning time-lapse photography of cities, aurora, lightning and other sights are seen from orbit. Famed …

Crucell and Scripps Research discover and describe broad-spectrum antibodies against influenza B, a crucial link in development of universal flu therapies and vaccine. Landmark finding published in Science.  Leiden, the Netherlands (9 August, 2012) – In …

A glass a day of grapefruit juice lets patients derive the same benefits from an anti-cancer drug as they would get from more than three times as much of the drug by itself, according to …