(Chicago) - A new study by researchers from Rush University Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine using mice indicate that a child’s memory and the severity of learning disorders may be affected by what his or her mother did when she was a child.
Findings from the study will be published in the February [...]

Scientists at the Universities of Bath and Leeds have discovered a chemical that stops stem cells from turning into other cell types, allowing researchers to use these cells to develop new medical treatments more easily.
Stem cells have the ability to develop into many other cell types in the body, and scientists believe they have huge [...]

Hypersensitivity to perfumes is the most common contact allergy in adults. Research at the University of Gothenburg has demonstrated that even natural aromatic oils, which many deem harmless compared to synthetic perfumes, may cause allergic reactions.
Roughly one in five adults in northern Europe is believed to suffer from contact allergy to one or more chemicals. [...]

Understanding how life started remains a major challenge for science. At a European Science Foundation (ESF) and COST ‘Frontiers of Science’ conference in Sicily in October, scientists discussed two new approaches to the problem. The first applies complex systems theory to the chemistry that preceded early life. The second involves studying Mars, which may yield [...]

Just after Americans have headed to the polls to elect their next president, a new report in the November 13th issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, reveals how one species of fish picks its leaders: Most of the time they reach a consensus to go for the more attractive of two candidates.
“It turned [...]