Posts Tagged ‘University of California at Irvine’
Fiber-optic implants stop seizures
UC IRVINE (US) — Neuroscientists have developed a way to stop epileptic seizures in mice with fiber-optic light signals. Continue…
Monday, January 28, 2013 12:20 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jan 18, 2013 13:54 - 1 Comment
New infection from deer ticks shows up in US
YALE (US) — A new tick-borne infection that shares many similarities with Lyme disease has been discovered in 18 patients in southern New England and neighboring New York. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 12, 2012 17:15 - 0 Comments
X-rays find weak spot in ulcer bacteria
STANFORD / UC IRVINE (US) — Powerful X-rays have revealed a potential way to attack Helicobacter pylori, a stomach bacteria harbored by at least half the world’s population. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 19, 2012 12:05 - 0 Comments
Babies with skull defect share ‘snip’ genes
UC DAVIS (US) — Two areas of the human genome appear to be associated with the most common form of a condition that causes the bony plates in a baby’s skull to close too soon. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 24, 2012 10:57 - 18 Comments
Body’s ‘pre-feelings’ may detect the future
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Your body may anticipate what’s going to happen—even before your brain has an inkling of what’s to come, researchers report. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 18, 2012 13:09 - 3 Comments
Adult health suffers from infant poverty
CORNELL (US) — Children who are poor from birth to age two are twice as likely to have arthritis and high blood pressure as young adults. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 16, 2012 12:16 - 2 Comments
Sea slug neurons reveal memory creation
NYU (US) — Neuroscientists have isolated the “when” and “where” of molecular activity that occurs in the formation of short-, intermediate-, and long-term memories. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 16, 2012 15:04 - 0 Comments
Grade nursing home end-of-life care, study says
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Evaluating hospital transfers and hospice care could help assess the quality of end of life care provided by nursing homes. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 13, 2012 9:18 - 0 Comments
To uncover stem cell fates, pinpoint genes
CALTECH (US) — New research traces the steps by which stem cells become T cells—key components of the immune system that help destroy invading pathogens. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 10, 2012 10:03 - 1 Comment
Is being nice a nudge from our genes?
U. BUFFALO (US) — Researchers have found that some people are kind and generous in part because their genes nudge them toward it. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 2, 2012 12:23 - 0 Comments
Caught in scandal, Wall Street plays blame game
RICE / UC IRVINE (US) — Companies under investigation tend to use others’ bad behavior to excuse their own. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 24, 2012 12:54 - 0 Comments
Signers quick to read body language
UC DAVIS (US) — Deaf people who use sign language can recognize and interpret body language more readily than hearing non-signers, a new study shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 30, 2011 13:43 - 0 Comments
Tendons take shock muscles won’t handle
BROWN U. (US) — Tendons in the legs act as shock absorbers, offering protection at the moment of impact with muscles stepping up less than a second later to absorb the remaining energy. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 28, 2011 11:15 - 0 Comments
On cooler days, beaches beat stress best
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — There are peak times to visit the beach if you’re in search of a little rest and relaxation, a finding that suggests coastal parks should plan for the effects of climate change. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 19, 2011 12:09 - 0 Comments
How the Milky Way got its spiral
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — The Milky Way’s spiral arms began forming after an epic collision with the Sagittarius Dwarf galaxy, according to supercomputer simulations. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 17, 2011 15:32 - 0 Comments
Impulsive neutrinos change their flavor
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Neutrinos can spontaneously change flavors, a finding that may help explain why the universe is made up mostly of matter. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 29, 2011 12:43 - 0 Comments
Ouch! Bug killer from scorpion venom
MICHIGAN STATE U. (US) — Pests be warned. Researchers are hopeful scorpion venom can be used to develop potent insecticides. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 30, 2011 18:55 - 1 Comment
With a twist, DNA changes shape
U. MICHIGAN / UC IRVINE (US) — On rare occasions, DNA ditches the familiar double helix and twists into a different shape. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 3, 2011 11:32 - 2 Comments
Skin cancer protection in a pill
U. ROCHESTER (US) —A drug widely used to treat arthritis offers better protection from non-melanoma skin cancers than sunscreen, research shows. (more…)
