The ways parents show affection toward their children differ in different cultures. But children's reactions to rejection by a parent don't, reports a team of researchers from the University of Connecticut (UConn) and other ...
Social Sciences
Dec 20, 2021
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You'd be forgiven for thinking science is under attack. Climate science has been challenged by deniers and sceptics, vaccination rates are falling thanks to anti-vaccination movements, and GM crops are pillaged by anti-GM ...
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2013
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Bad news, fans of rational political discourse: A study by an MIT researcher shows that attempts to debunk political rumors may only reinforce their strength.
Social Sciences
May 4, 2015
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(Phys.org)—A research team made up of members from France, Canada and the US has been studying the manuscript submission and rejection process for biologically based papers submitted to journals for publication. They have ...
Using cells from mice, scientists from Iowa and Iran have discovered a new strategy for making embryonic stem cell transplants less likely to be rejected by a recipient's immune system. This strategy, described in a new research ...
Biotechnology
Jan 28, 2010
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Perhaps no single scientist has had a greater impact on stem cell research than Dr. Shinya Yamanaka. While most of his colleagues were looking for ways to grow human embryonic stem cells into replacement tissues for treating ...
Biotechnology
Dec 8, 2010
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Stem cells are key to the promise of regenerative medicine: the repair or replacement of injured tissues with custom grown substitutes. Essential to this process are induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which can be created ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 18, 2013
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Scientists reveal in more detail than ever before how white blood cells kill diseased tissue using deadly granules, in research published today in PLoS Biology.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 14, 2011
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Cuckoo finches that lay more than one egg in their victims' nests have a better chance of bamboozling host parents into fostering their parasitic young, a study has found.
Plants & Animals
Sep 24, 2013
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South Korean scientists said they have cloned a piglet whose organs were genetically modified to make them more suitable for human transplants.
Biotechnology
Apr 22, 2009
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