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Health & Medicine
Vitamin relative may aid stroke repair
Dehydroascorbic acid, a precursor of vitamin C, may help stroke patients retain use of parts of their brain at risk from the blood shut-off caused by strokes.
By Nathan Seppa -
Health & Medicine
Detecting cancer risk with a chip
Researchers can use microcantilevers studded with antibodies that react to prostate specific antigen, or PSA, to analyze blood samples for signs of prostate cancer.
By Nathan Seppa -
Brain scans reveal human pheromones
Male and female brains react differently to two putative pheromones, compounds related to the hormones testosterone and estrogen.
By John Travis -
NO says yes to breathing fast
A form of nitric oxide tells the brain when the body needs to breathe faster.
By John Travis -
Vesicles may help embryos take shape
Chemicals that shape developing embryos may hitch rides in vesicles called argosomes.
By John Travis -
Drunk drivers tow mental load
Individuals convicted of drunk driving often have a history of not only alcohol but also illicit drug abuse and other psychiatric disorders.
By Bruce Bower -
Tracking down bodies in the brain
A new report that a specific brain region orchestrates the recognition of human bodies and body parts stirs up a scientific debate over the neural workings of perception.
By Bruce Bower -
Health & Medicine
EMFs in home may limit night hormone
A pair of studies suggests a link, at least in some women, between elevated residential exposure to electromagnetic fields and reduced production of the hormone melatonin.
By Ben Harder -
Astronomy
Faint body may be galaxy building block
Using a cosmic zoom lens, astronomers may have found one of the first building blocks of a galaxy in the universe.
By Ron Cowen -
Animals
Poison birds copy ‘don’t touch’ feathers
A subspecies of one of New Guinea's poisonous pitohui birds may be mimicking a toxic neighbor, according to a new genetic analysis.
By Susan Milius -
Health & Medicine
Aging cells may promote tumors nearby
Cells that enter a state called senescence in older individuals may stimulate nearby cells to become tumors.
By John Travis -
Gene change speaks to language malady
Researchers have identified a genetic mutation that may lie at the root of a severe speech and language disorder observed across four generations of a British family.
By Bruce Bower