Video games do not make vulnerable teens more violent 27 Aug 2013 | 12:02 pm

Why do haters have to hate? 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm

People with a positive dispositional attitude have a strong tendency to like things, whereas people with a negative dispositional attitude have a strong tendency to dislike things, according to resear...

Scientists shut down reproductive ability, desire in pest insects 27 Aug 2013 | 11:59 am

The team is the first to observe and name the neuropeptide, which is composed of short chains of amino acids in the brain of insects and arthropods. The finding may open new possibilities for environm...

Perception of marijuana as a safe drug is scientifically inaccurate 27 Aug 2013 | 11:55 am

The nature of the teenage brain makes users of cannabis amongst this population particularly at risk of developing addictive behaviors and suffering other long-term negative effects, according to rese...

Do girls really experience more math anxiety? 27 Aug 2013 | 11:53 am

Existing research suggests that females are more anxious when it comes to mathematics than their male peers, despite similar levels of achievement. But education researchers Thomas Götz and Madeleine ...

Scientists analyse the extent of ocean acidification 26 Aug 2013 | 08:51 am

Biologists at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have therefore assessed the extent of this ominous change for the first time. In a new study they comp...

Mercury levels in Pacific fish likely to rise in coming decades 26 Aug 2013 | 08:49 am

Using isotopic measurement techniques developed at U-M, the researchers determined that up to 80 percent of the toxic form of mercury, called methylmercury, found in the tissues of deep-feeding North ...

Study provides strongest clues to date for causes of schizophrenia 26 Aug 2013 | 08:46 am

In particular, the study identifies 22 locations, including 13 that are newly discovered, that are believed to play a role in causing schizophrenia. "If finding the causes of schizophrenia is like so...

Researchers discover how inhibitory neurons behave during critical periods of learning 26 Aug 2013 | 08:42 am

For years, neuroscientists have struggled to understand how the microcircuitry of the brain makes learning easier for the young, and more difficult for the old. New findings published in the journal N...

Cocaine's effect on mice may explain drug-seeking behaviour 26 Aug 2013 | 08:36 am

Cocaine can speedily rewire high-level brain circuits that support learning, memory and decision-making, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley, and UCSF. The findings s...