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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”
The prevalence of metabolic health in American adults is ‘alarmingly low,’ even among people who are normal weight, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Gillings School of Global Public Health. Only one in eight Americans is achieving optimal metabolic health. This carries serious implications for public health since poor metabolic health leaves people more vulnerable to developing Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and other serious health issues. Continue reading “Only 12 percent of American adults are metabolically healthy, study finds”
Researchers from the Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Human History and the University of Helsinki have analyzed the first ancient DNA from mainland Finland. As described in Nature Communications, ancient DNA was extracted from bones and teeth from a 3,500 year-old burial on the Kola Peninsula, Russia, and a 1,500 year-old water burial in Finland. The results reveal the possible path along which ancient people from Siberia spread to Finland and Northwestern Russia. Continue reading “First ancient DNA from mainland Finland reveals origins of Siberian ancestry in region”
A new mechanism for activating the immune system against cancer cells allows immune cells to detect and destroy cancer cells better than before, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature. Continue reading “New mechanism to ‘activate’ the immune system against cancer”
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