New Hope for Migraine Sufferers

Candesartan is just as effective as more the commonly prescribed propranolol when it comes to preventing migraine attacks, according to a new study from St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Norway and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Polar Bear Diet Changes as Sea Ice Melts

A series of papers recently published by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History suggests that polar bears in the warming Arctic are turning to alternate food sources. As Arctic sea ice melts earlier and freezes later each year,

Understanding Hearing

Children learning to speak depend on functional hearing. So-called cochlear implants allow deaf people to hear again by stimulating the auditory nerve directly. Researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) are working to overcome current limits of the technology.

Mechanism Identified in Alzheimer's-Related Memory Loss

Cleveland Clinic researchers have identified a protein in the brain that plays a critical role in the memory loss seen in Alzheimer's patients, according to a study to be published in the journalNature Neuroscience and posted online today.

Swimming dolphins don’t need to cheat

Swimming dolphins don’t need to cheat
Measurement finds no sign of long-predicted lack of power
BY SUSAN MILIUS

When Nanotechnology Meets Quantum Physics in One Dimension: New Experiment Supports Long-Predicted 'Luttinger Liquid' Model

When Nanotechnology Meets Quantum Physics in One Dimension: New Experiment Supports Long-Predicted 'Luttinger Liquid' Model
Jan. 23, 2014 — How would electrons behave if confined to a wire so slender they could pass through it only in single-file?