Berkeley, CA (Scicasts) - Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found new evidence to explain how cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP)...
San Francisco, CA (Scicasts) - The ability to anticipate future events allows us to plan and exert control over our lives, but it may also contribute to stress-related increased risk for the diseases of ageing, according to a study by UCSF researchers.
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Pittsburgh, PA (Scicasts) ― If you are looking for a particular object ― say a yellow pencil ― on a cluttered desk, how does your brain work to visually locate it?
Philadelphia, PA (Scicasts) - Aggressive ovarian tumours begin as malignant cells kept in check by the immune system until, suddenly and unpredictably, they explode into metastatic cancer.
Berkeley, CA (Scicasts) - Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found new evidence to explain how cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) mediates the transfer of cholesterol from "good" high density lipoproteins (HDLs) to "bad" low density lipoproteins (LDLs).
St. Louis, MO (Scicasts) - Researchers have found significant differences in brain development in infants as young as six months old who later develop autism, compared with babies who don't develop the disorder.
Munich, Germany (Scicasts) - T-cells are the immune system's security force. They seek out pathogens and rogue cells in the body and put them out of action. Their precursors are formed in the bone marrow and migrate from there into the thymus. Here, they mature and differentiate to perform a variety of tasks.
La Jolla, CA (Scicasts) - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have reported that they have identified a class of proteins that detect "painful touch."
Providence, RI (Scicasts) – Scientists at Brown University have created the first three-dimensional living tissue model, complete with surrounding blood vessels, to analyze the effectiveness of therapeutics to combat brain tumours. The 3-D model gives medical researchers more and better information than Petri dish tissue cultures.
Welcome to today's edition of Morning Headlines, keeping you updated with the latest emerging stories this morning in key science and technology sectors worldwide.
This morning, we have picked the following trending stories:
Cupertino, California (Scicasts) - Apple has today released a developer preview of OS X Mountain Lion, the ninth major release of the company's operating system, which brings popular apps and features from the iPad to the Mac and accelerates the pace of OS X innovation.
Copenhagen, Denmark (Scicasts) - Every cell in the body has chromosomes with so-called telomeres, which are shortened over time and also through lifestyle choices such as smoking and obesity.
