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New evidence from oldest new world human settlement - Text | HTML | Flash
New evidence from the Monte Verde archaeological site in southern Chile confirms its status as the earliest known human settlement in the Americas and supports the theory that a major early migration route started in Alaska and followed the Pacific Coast down to South America....

Linking the cochlea's shape to low-frequency hearing - Text | HTML | Flash
A new study establishes a direct link between the cochlea's curvature and the low frequency hearing limit of more than a dozen different mammals....

A nanotech method to measure insulin - Text | HTML | Flash
Researchers have used nanotechnology to develop a new method for measuring minute quantities of insulin that should allow them to assess the health of insulin-producing cells....

Immune system protein starves staph bacteria - Text | HTML | Flash
New findings that support the notion that binding metals to starve bacteria is a viable therapeutic option for treating localized bacterial infections....

Brain images show schizophrenic's memory usage differs - Text | HTML | Flash
The enduring memory problems that people with schizophrenia experience may be related to differences in how their brains process information....
 
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