Teenagers whose parents supply alcohol in early adolescence are three times as likely to be drinking full serves of alcohol at age 16 as children in families that do not supply alcohol, a major new study released in Australia on Monday has found. In the largest study of its kind, researchers the National Drug and Alcohol Research Center at UniversityRead more

A small psychological change to how we approach challenges can dramatically change how successful we are at these tasks. That's according to Carol Dweck, a psychology professor at Stanford University who coined the term "growth mindset" in her 2007 book "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success." A small psychological change to how we approach challenges can dramatically change how successfulRead more

A study indicates an immediate adjustment in climate change policy could yield a ten-fold benefit in reduced healthcare costs. The study by M.I.T., published Sunday in the scholarly journal Nature Climate Change, examined proposed climate change policies and concluded cap-and-trade -- in which the government places limits on corporate carbon emissions and businesses can purchase or trade additional allowances toRead more

Princeton University researchers have developed a laser device that will enable diabetics to check their sugar level without pin pricks to draw blood. More work remains to be done to reduce the size of the laser system to make it portable, according to a report published by Science Daily. Princeton University’s Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering and the project’sRead more

Iranian materials engineering researchers from Sharif University of Technology produced a biosensor for the early diagnosis of cancer. The sensor has been made of nanostructured materials, and has high sensitivity and stability while it can be produced through a cost-effective method. One of the most famous genes in cancer researches is TP53 tumor gene. The determination of its mutation isRead more

A team of researchers at Louisiana Tech University developed an innovative method for using affordable, consumer-grade 3D printers and materials to fabricate custom medical implants that can contain antibacterial and chemotherapeutic compounds for targeted drug delivery. The team comprised of doctoral students and research faculty from Louisiana Tech's biomedical engineering and nanosystems engineering programs collaborated to create filament extruders thatRead more

Children and adolescents with autism have a surplus of synapses in the brain, and this excess is due to a slowdown in a normal brain “pruning” process during development, according to a new study. Because synapses are the points where neurons connect and communicate with each other, the excessive synapses may have profound effects on how the brain functions. ChildrenRead more

In the last decade, the number of people who are hospitalized or killed as a result of stroke or heart disease has declined significantly among all races and age groups, says the American Heart Association. "Interestingly, these improvements happened in a period when there were no real 'miracle' clinical advancements," Dr. Harlan Krumholz -- lead author of what the AMARead more

The brains of kids who are more aerobically fit feature thicker, more fibrous amounts of white matter -- brain material associated with faster and more efficient nerve activity. Previous research has shown physical fitness to be correlated with gray matter, the parts of the brain essential to learning and memory. Now it seems physical fitness and gray matter are alsoRead more

A new study suggests the way a young child draws can predict intelligence levels later on. Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London arrived at their conclusions after analyzing the results of a massive study of twins in the United Kingdom. The decade-long survey plotted the development of 7,752 pairs of identical and non-identical twins (a totalRead more