The heart has its lesions
Crystallizing cholesterol has a starring role to play in causing cardiac damage George Abela had always pointed out to a link between cholesterol crystals and heart attacks. But according to…
Chemical tags key to brain cell differences
Scientists have profiled the arrangement of methyl chemical tags on DNA in individual neurons, thus providing the most detailed information yet on what makes one brain cell different from its…
Why this meteorologist is eager for an eclipse
Weather balloons, infrared gas analyzers, laser-based radars… Researchers empty investigative armory as they prep for the first total eclipse across the U.S. in 99 years . April Hiscox, University of…
Exorcising the very bones
Blocking a long-chain sugar stops tumors developing in genetically susceptible mice . . Patients with a rare disease that causes the growth of multiple benign bone tumors – multiple hereditary…
Sifting through the history of fire
How and when our ancestors mastered the use of fire remains debated. Researchers are hunting for answers buried in ancient ash and baked soils This story, which originally appeared in…