Posted August 7, 2013:

• Simple Math Sheds New Light on a Long-Studied Biological Process


• Type 1 Diabetes Drug Strikingly Effective in Clinical Trial


• First Hundred Thousand Years of Our Universe


• Making Connections in the Eye: Wiring Diagram of Retinal Neurons Is First Step Toward Mapping the Human Brain


• Strangers Invade the Homes of Giant Bacteria


• The Temperature Tastes Just Right


• NIH, Lacks Family Reach Understanding to Share Genomic Data of HeLa Cells


• New Proto-Mammal Fossil Sheds Light on Evolution of Earliest Mammals


• Motional Layers Found in the Brain: Neurobiologists Discover Elementary Motion Detectors in the Fruit Fly


• Regulating Electron 'Spin' May Be Key to Making Organic Solar Cells Competitive


• What's the Matter? Q-Glasses Could Be a New Class of Solids


• Gold 'Nanoprobes' Hold the Key to Treating Killer Diseases


• Of Stars and Stripes: NASA Satellites Used to Predict Zebra Migrations


• The Odd Couple: Two Very Different Gas Clouds in the Galaxy Next Door

Posted August 6, 2013:

• Immune Function Restored in Spinal Injured Mice


• First Probable Person to Person Transmission of New Bird Flu Virus in China; But H7N9 Is Not Able to Spread Efficiently Between Humans


• Length of Human Pregnancies Can Vary Naturally by as Much as Five Weeks


• What Color Is Your Night Light? It May Affect Your Mood


• Dolphins Keep Lifelong Social Memories, Longest in a Non-Human Species


• The Sun's Magnetic Field Is About to Flip


• Explosion Illuminates Invisible Galaxy in the Dark Ages


• New and Remarkable Details of the Sun Now Available from Big Bear Observatory


• Hormone Receptors May Regulate Effect of Nutrition on Life Expectancy Not Only in Roundworms, but Perhaps Also in Humans


• How Plants Avoid Sunburn: Findings Could Lead to Crops With Increased Protection from Bright Light and Enhanced Photosynthesis


• A Layer of Tiny Grains Can Slow Sound Waves


• Emotional Behavior of Adults Could Be Triggered in the Womb


• Bringing Light to a Halt: Physicists Freeze Motion of Light for a Minute


• Inca Children Were Drugged With Coca and Alcohol Before Sacrifice