Science news articles about 'brandeis university'

  • Seeing Alzheimer's amyloids

    ... week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reports that researchers from Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., and the Leibniz Institut in Jena, Germany, have shown—for the ...
  • A molecular switch turns on the flame in 'nature's blowtorch'

    ... wooden house. It needs to do the repair without burning itself or the house. Brandeis University researchers have been trying to understand the details of how P450 does this job so efficiently; that ...
  • Higher co-payments reduce use of antidepressants

    ... the Institute for Behavioral Health, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. In the study, for the antidepressants that became non-preferred, prescriptions per plan ...
  • Taking the temperature of the no-fly zone

    ... temperature of their surroundings so they need to pick the best spot for flourishing. New Brandeis University research in this week's Nature reveals that they have internal thermosensors to help them ...
  • When the spirit moves into the hospital

    ... had any effect on the number of hospitals with chaplains. Rather, new research from Brandeis University published in this month's issue of Southern Medical Journal reports that whether hospitals had ...
  • Savings help the medicine go down

    ... were able to cut their dose skimping and nursing home admissions in half, according to the Brandeis University research. In 2002, Illinois and Wisconsin implemented state pharmacy assistance programs ...
  • Researchers reveal types of genes necessary for brain development

    Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Brandeis University have successfully completed a full-genome RNAi screen in neurons, showing what types of genes are necessary for brain development. ...
  • Mate or hibernate? That's the question worm pheromones answer

    ... pheromones for a long time, said Piali Sengupta, Ph.D., a professor of biology at Brandeis University, who agreed that it makes sense that the mating pheromone has a dual role in causing hibernation. ...
  • Computational biochemist uncovers a molecular clue to evolution

    ... scientist at Duke University and former FSU faculty member; Lizbeth Hedstrom, a professor of biochemistry at Brandeis University; and postdocs Helen R. Josephine and Iaian S. MacPherson, both of ...
  • As good as it gets?

    ... scientist might have added that the illusion of reality shifts over time. According to a new Brandeis University study in the September issue of Psychological Science, age influences how we perceive ...
  • Simple twists of fate

    A novel Brandeis University study this week in PLoS Biology reports on some of the molecular gymnastics performed by a protein involved in regulating DNA transcription. Using state-of-the art tools, ...
  • Simple twists of fate

    A novel Brandeis University study in PLoS Biology reports on some of the molecular gymnastics performed by a protein involved in regulating DNA transcription. Using state-of-the art tools, researchers ...
  • 76 percent of American middle-class households not financially secure

    ... " was published by the policy center Demos and the Institute for Assets and Social Policy (IASP) at Brandeis University. "From Middle to Shaky Ground" is based on the Middle Class Security Index, co- ...
  • The culture of medicine

    ... and even less glory. Now a novel Brandeis study published in Academic Medicine this month pulls ... the broader environment within academic medicine. Brandeis University senior scientist Dr. Linda Pololi ...
  • Can payment and other innovations improve the quality and value of health care?

    ... of National Health Policy, both at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University. They warn, however, that, "in the fragmented U.S. delivery system, cutting fee-for-service ...

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