Report: For chimpanzees, salt and pepper hair not a marker of old age

IMAGE: There is significant individual variation in how chimpanzees, like this one at...

Study: A model for describing the hydrodynamics of crowds — (Details)

Precise simulations of the movement and behavior of crowds can be vital to the production of digital sequences or the creation of large...

Study: Discovery opens doors to improving diagnostics and developing new therapy for majority of...

Research led by stem cell scientists at Harvard University points to a potential new biomarker and drug target for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),...

Study: Flexible electronic skin aids human-machine interactions — (Details)

Human skin contains sensitive nerve cells that detect pressure, temperature and other sensations that allow tactile interactions with the environment. To help robots...
Daytime aardvark sightings are a sign of troubled times

Report: Daytime aardvark sightings are a sign of troubled times

IMAGE: A camera trap photo showing an aardvark leaving its burrow for feeding...

Study: People can survive organ failure, a review explores how — (Details)

Although organ failure can be fatal, your kidneys, heart, and liver are prepared for this catastrophe. Emerging research supports the finding that two...

Study: Did Leonardo da Vinci have ADHD? — (Details)

Leonardo da Vinci produced some of the world's most iconic art, but historical accounts show that he struggled to complete his works. 500...

Study: How antibiotics help spread resistance — (Details)

Bacteria can become insensitive to antibiotics by picking up resistance genes from the environment. Unfortunately for patients, the stress response induced by antibiotics...

Study: Woman with novel gene mutation lives almost pain-free — (Details)

A woman in Scotland can feel virtually no pain due to a mutation in a previously-unidentified gene, according to a research paper co-led...

Study: Protein BRCA1 as a stress coach — (Details)

Anyone who has ever studied the molecular basis of breast cancer will probably have heard of the abbreviation BRCA1 -- this is a...

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