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The piezoelectric materials that inhabit everything from our cell phones to musical greeting cards may be getting an upgrade thanks to work discussed in the journal Nature Materials released online Jan 21. Continue reading “Mechanical engineers develop process to 3-D print piezoelectric materials”
An international research team led by the University of Liverpool and McMaster University has made a significant breakthrough in the search for new states of matter. Continue reading “Scientists discover new quantum spin liquid”
When it comes to helping infants learn to talk, it’s not just how much parents say, but how they say it. Continue reading “Parents learn, babies talk: How coaching moms and dads improves infants’ language skills”
Gesture is an inherent part of human communication and speakers of all ages tend to gesticulate when they speak. In children, gesture acquires special importance, since it is an important precursor and predictor of language and cognitive development. Continue reading “Telling stories using rhythmic gesture helps children improve their oral skills”
Dr. Valerie Voon is a global authority on addiction and the leading researcher in the neuroscience department at the prestigious University of Cambridge in England. According to her faculty profile on the Cambridge Neuroscience department website: “The Voon lab focuses on mechanisms underlying compulsive disorders such as substance and behavioral addictions.” Continue reading “Neuroscience Study Finds Striking Similarities In Brains Of Porn And Drug Addicts”
Researchers in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine have discovered the molecular basis for a therapeutic action of an ancient herbal medicine used across Africa to treat various illnesses, including epilepsy. Continue reading “Molecular mechanisms of ancient herbal remedies”
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