News tagged with human connections

Epigenetic signatures direct the repair potential of reprogrammed cells

A research team has identified epigenetic signatures, markers on DNA that control transient changes in gene expression, within reprogrammed skin cells. These signatures can predict the expression of a wound-healing protein ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chimp study shows evidence of synaesthesia

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the never-ending struggle to understand how the human brain works, all manner of experiments are dreamed up and carried out. In one new one, for example, researchers in Japan have been ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Chimpanzee studies suggest speech perception not a uniquely human trait

We all know that experience is a powerful teaching tool: practice remodels neural connections and leads to mastery. Now scientists suggest that it is early experience with language—and not special innate cognitive ability—that ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

The brain: probing its deep mystery

(PhysOrg.com) -- We know more about the cosmos than we do about the human brain, but work by European researchers will now allow scientists to probe further into the mysteries of our grey matter.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study: Internet use leads to more diverse networks

(AP) -- A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene mutation may reveal clues for treating lung diseases

(PhysOrg.com) -- A genetic mutation found in four children born with multiple abnormalities may provide insight into potential treatments for newborn lung distress and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0