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September 13, 2013

Get touchy feely with plants: Gently rubbing them with your fingers can make them less susceptible to disease

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Forget talking to plants to help them grow, gently rubbing them with your fingers can make them less susceptible to disease, a paper in the ...

Youth more likely to be bullied at schools with anti-bullying programs

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Anti-bullying initiatives have become standard at schools across the country, but a new UT Arlington study finds that students attending tho...
September 12, 2013

Everyday sadists take pleasure in others' pain

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Most of the time, we try to avoid inflicting pain on others -- when we do hurt someone, we typically experience guilt, remorse, or other fee...
August 20, 2013

LSD and other psychedelics not linked with mental health problems, analysis suggests

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The use of LSD, magic mushrooms, or peyote does not increase a person's risk of developing mental health problems, according to an analy...
July 31, 2013

Be happy - your genes will thank you for it: Doing good leads to strong immune cells

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American scientists have found different types of happiness have surprisingly contrary effects on our genes. UCLA research found that peop...
July 24, 2013

Athletes need to be careful to monitor diet, weight to maintain muscle mass

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Athletes seeking a healthy performance weight should eat high fiber, low-fat food balanced with their training regimen in order to maintain ...

US physicians put patients' best interests above concerns about health care costs

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A new study of attitudes about health care costs reveals that an overwhelming majority of U.S. physicians feel a responsibility to address c...
July 23, 2013

'Love hormone' is two-faced: Oxytocin strengthens bad memories and can increase fear and anxiety

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It turns out the love hormone oxytocin is two-faced. Oxytocin has long been known as the warm, fuzzy hormone that promotes feelings of love,...

Microchips that mimic the brain: Novel microchips imitate the brain's information processing in real time

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Novel microchips imitate the brain's information processing in real time. Neuroinformatics researchers from the University of Zurich and...

Skipping breakfast may increase coronary heart disease risk

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A large 16-year study finds men who reported that they skipped breakfast had higher risk of heart attack or death from coronary heart diseas...
July 19, 2013

Facebook for molecules

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Social media has expanded to reach an unlikely new target: molecules. Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST...
July 16, 2013

How cranberries impact infection-causing bacteria

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Consuming cranberry products has been anecdotally associated with prevention of urinary tract infections (UTIs) for over 100 years. But is t...

People who eat nuts more than three times a week have reduced risk of dying from cancer or cardiovascular disease

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People who eat nuts, particularly walnuts, are more likely to live longer, finds research in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Me...
July 12, 2013

Air pollution responsible for more than 2 million deaths worldwide each year, experts estimate

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More than two million deaths occur worldwide each year as a direct result of human-caused outdoor air pollution, a new study has found. In...
July 10, 2013

5-D optical memory in glass could record the last evidence of civilization

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Using nanostructured glass, scientists at the University of Southampton have, for the first time, experimentally demonstrated the recording ...
June 28, 2013

New system uses low-power Wi-Fi signal to track moving humans -- even behind walls

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The comic-book hero Superman uses his X-ray vision to spot bad guys lurking behind walls and other objects. Now we could all have X-ray visi...
June 27, 2013

Solar power heads in a new direction: Thinner

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Most efforts at improving solar cells have focused on increasing the efficiency of their energy conversion, or on lowering the cost of manuf...
June 25, 2013

Quantum interaction: 10,000 times faster than light

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How fast do quantum interactions happen? Faster than light, 10,000 times faster. That's what a team of physicists led by Juan Yin at t...

Breastfeeding boosts ability to climb social ladder

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Breastfeeding not only boosts children's chances of climbing the social ladder, but it also reduces the chances of downwards mobility, s...
June 21, 2013

Plants 'seen doing quantum physics'

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The idea that plants make use of quantum physics to harvest light more efficiently has received a boost. Plants gather packets of light ca...