British archaeology boost may uncover old enthusiasm

Archaeology. Iraq museum may reopen amid controversy.

+146% 0 –35% European research got a mixed report card in an analysis released last week by the European Union. The report says that the 27 E.U. nations have done well at increasing their research work force: Numbers grew twice as fast as in the United States between 2000 and 2006, reaching 640,000 researchers, while also attracting more foreign researchers to come and work there. Europe also a...

The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology

TORC2 inhibition may boost DNA-damaging chemotherapy

Comment on: Selvarajah J, Elia A, Carroll VA, Moumen A. DNA damage-induced S and G2/M cell cycle arrest requires mTORC2-dependent regulation of Chk1. Oncotarget. 2015; 6:427-40.

Visual Tuning May Boost African Cichlid Diversity

African cichlid fish form new species faster than any other vertebrates, with hundreds of species evolving within the last 2 million years in Lake Malawi and within the last 120,000 years in Lake Victoria. This rapid speciation makes cichlids good models for elucidating the genetic mechanisms behind biodiversity. Vision may play a key role in cichlid evolution, adapting them to forage for new f...

Measuring your dependence: deranged corticobulbar excitability may uncover addiction disorders

Major efforts in neurobiology are currently directed toward the understanding of the neural mechanisms of reward (e.g., in food or monetary compensation). Neuroimaging studies have identified a broad network of brain areas involved in computing the rewarding value of stimuli, which comprises the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), amygdala, insula, and several dopam...