Brooke Miller : Science World Report

Oct 29, 2012 05:20 AM EDT

Dragon Returns with Space Station Cargo, Adds X Factor to Private Mission

The unmanned SpaceX capsule made its blazing re-entry into the Earth and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after successfully completing its first contracted cargo delivery flight contracted by NASA to resupply the International Space Station.

Oct 29, 2012 05:19 AM EDT

High Cholesterol Release Switch Discovered

High blood cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke. It can lead to a build-up of plaque in the artery walls and narrowing of the arteries, causing a condition called atherosclerosis which can make it more difficult for blood to flow through the heart and body.

Oct 29, 2012 05:15 AM EDT

Drop in Testosterone Linked To Prostrate Cancer Recurrence

One of common cause of death from cancer in men over age 75 is prostate cancer. Rarely found in men younger than 40, this prostate cancer is less common in people who do not eat meat.

Oct 29, 2012 05:14 AM EDT

Learning Complex Math Originates in Sense of More or Less

Only humans can learn formal math including symbolic notations of number, quantitative concepts and computational operations. According to a new finding from the Emory University, this ability to learn complex math is uniquely human trait and is intricately connected to a primitive sense of magnitud...

Oct 28, 2012 02:26 PM EDT

Exercise Improves Life and Satisfaction

A new study by the researchers from Penn State show that people's satisfaction with life was higher on days when they exercised more than usual.

Oct 28, 2012 02:24 PM EDT

Hurricane Sandy May Alter Shoreline

It is predicted that nearly three quarters of the coast along the Delmarva Peninsula is likely to experience beach and dune erosion as Hurricane Sandy triggers landfall and overwash is expected along nearly half of the shoreline.

Oct 27, 2012 07:07 AM EDT

East Coast Braces Up for Hurricane Sandy

After completing a destructive episode at the Bahamas and the Caribbean, Hurricane Sandy now makes way to the East Coast where it would appear as one of the worst storms that has ever occurred.

Oct 27, 2012 05:33 AM EDT

Simulating Brain Cells Could Lighten Up Path to Cure Parkinson’s Disease

In a fundamentally bold experiment, a research laboratory at Lund University in Sweden introduced a light sensitive protein in transgenic nerve cells transplanting nerve cells into the brains of laboratory animals. By inserting an optic nerve fibre in the brain and using it to light up the nerve cel...

Oct 27, 2012 05:29 AM EDT

Early Intervention Therapy Normalizes Children With Autism

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that 1 in 88 children born today will be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. This causes persistent deficits in social communication and relatedness, and repetitive or restrictive patterns of interest that appear in early childhood and...

Oct 27, 2012 05:25 AM EDT

Grabbing Real Estate: In Need of Big Homes Hermit Crabs Yank Out Others Shells

Social behavior serves many purposes and is exhibited by an extraordinary wide variety of animals, including invertebrates, fish, birds, and mammals. Some animals are successful in getting food if they search as a group. Manimals live in social groups partly for protection.

Oct 27, 2012 05:22 AM EDT

Gut Development in Different Species is Same

A marine creature throws a strand of evidence about the similarity of process in the formation of gut by different animals.

Oct 26, 2012 05:55 AM EDT

Individual gene differences can be tested in zebrafish

The zebrafish is a potential tool for testing one class of unique individual's genetic difference that is found in humans. This research that is conducted by a team of Penn State College of Medicine scientists suggest that this finding may yield information is useful for the emerging field of person...