Posts Tagged ‘anatomy’
Kids with autism have distinct facial traits
U. MISSOURI (US) — The discovery of distinct differences in facial characteristics of children with autism compared to typically developing children may help pinpoint the origins of autism. Continue…
Thursday, October 20, 2011 14:30 - 3 Comments
Top Stories - Oct 17, 2011 10:28 - 2 Comments
Ancestor with an electrifying sixth sense
CORNELL (US) — About 96 percent of vertebrates—30,000 land animals (including humans) and roughly an equal number of fish—descend from a common ancestor with a sixth sense: electroreception. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 17, 2011 14:26 - 4 Comments
Molecule may revive injured nerve cells
UC DAVIS (US) — Scientists have discovered a target for the development of drugs and stem cell therapies that could aid in the recovery of patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and stroke. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 1, 2010 12:34 - 0 Comments
Epilepsy model points out affected neurons
EMORY (US)—The creation of a mouse model of a genetic form of human epilepsy will allow scientists to dissect affected neurons and precisely define associated physiological changes. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 16, 2009 4:47 - 0 Comments
Sea cow fossil hints to Madagascar’s past
MCGILL (CANADA)—An ancient little sea cow now has a name. This primitive “dugong” is among the world’s first fully aquatic sea cows, having evolved from terrestrial herbivores that began exploiting coastal waters. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 3, 2009 12:21 - 0 Comments
Human speech is music to our ears
DUKE (US)—Humans may love music, biologically speaking, because it mimics the sounds of our own voices. Neuroscientists say the use of 12 tone intervals in the music of many human cultures is rooted in the physics of how our vocal anatomy produces speech and conveys emotion. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 4, 2009 11:57 - 0 Comments
Fancy footwork points to Hobbit existence
STONY BROOK (US)—J.R.R. Tolkien may not have been so creative after all when he created Bilbo Baggins and the rest of the inhabitants of Middle-earth. New findings add weight to the argument that the so-called “Hobbit” represents a separate species and not a deformed modern human. (more…)
