Your source for the latest research news Follow: Facebook X/Twitter Subscribe: RSS Feeds Newsletter New! Sign up for our free email newsletter .Top Health News February 20, 2024 Top Headlines Researchers 3D-Print Functional Human Brain Tissue Feb.1, 2024 It’s an achievement with important implications for scientists studying the brain and working on treatments for a broad range of neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s …The Fountain of Youth Is …a T Cell? Jan.24, 2024 Scientists have found a way to reprogram T cells to fight aging.After using them to eliminate specific cells in mice, the scientists discovered they lived healthier lives and didn’t develop aging-associated conditions like obesity and diabetes….
Surprisingly Simple Model Explains How Brain Cells Organize and Connect Jan.17, 2024 A new study by physicists and neuroscientists describes how connectivity among neurons comes about through general principles of networking and self-organization, rather than the biological features of an individual …Lab-Grown Retinas Explain Why People See Colors Dogs Can’t Jan.11, 2024 With human retinas grown in a petri dish, researchers discovered how an offshoot of vitamin A generates the specialized cells that enable people to see millions of colors, an ability that dogs, cats, and other mammals do not possess.
The findings …Latest Headlines updated 2:12pm EST New Study Analyzes Link Between Digit Ratio and Oxygen Consumption in Footballers Feb.16, 2024 The efficiency of oxygen supply to tissues is a factor in the severity of important diseases such as Covid-19 and heart conditions.Scientists …When It Comes to Bad Breath, Some Bacterial Interactions Really Stink Feb.15, 2024 Researchers found that the oral bacterium Streptococcus gordonii activates another bacterial species, Fusobacterium nucleatum, to produce large quantities of methyl mercaptan, a compound responsible …
New Study Offers Hope for Thousands Impacted Each Year by Aggressive Brain Cancer Feb.15, 2024 New research identifies protein (PANK4) as an obstacle that blocks cancer cells from responding to chemotherapeutic treatment for …Inflammation: Targeting the Transporter Feb.
15, 2024 Using specially-developed nanobodies that bind to SPNS2 and enlarge the entire structure, the enlarged SPNS2 structure allows the S1P molecules to be viewed via cryogenic electron microscopy….Burnout: Identifying People at Risk Feb.
15, 2024 Researchers have developed a new tool that can help identify the early warning signs of …Helping Caregivers Help People With Dementia Eat at Home Feb.15, 2024 A new study has laid the groundwork for a future intervention designed to help caregivers establish a safe and workable mealtime routine for people with dementia living at …Researchers Discover That a Rare Fat Molecule Helps Drive Cell Death Feb.15, 2024 The discovery that a lipid helps induce cell death could improve treatments for certain cancers and neurodegenerative …New Treatment for a Rare and Aggressive Cancer Improves Survival Rates in Breakthrough Clinical Trial Feb.
15, 2024 An innovative treatment significantly increases the survival of people with malignant mesothelioma, a rare but rapidly fatal type of cancer with few …School Uniform Policies Linked to Students Getting Less Exercise, Study Finds Feb.14, 2024 School uniforms could be restricting young people from being active, particularly primary school-aged girls, according to a new study.The study used …Double Risk of Dementia After Mouth Ulcer Virus Feb.
14, 2024 People who have had the herpes virus at some point in their lives are twice as likely to develop dementia compared to those who have never been infected.A new study confirms previous research on …Finger Length and Athletes’ Oxygen Metabolism Bad Breath: Some Bacterial Interactions Stink Treating Aggressive Brain Cancer Inflammation: Targeting the Transporter Burnout: Identifying People at Risk Dementia: Strategies to Enhance Mealtime Rare Fat Molecule Helps Drive Cell Death New Treatment for Malignant Mesothelioma School Uniform Policies May Limit Student …Double Risk of Dementia After Herpes Virus Earlier Headlines Summaries Headlines Games in the Classroom and the Boardroom: How ‘Serious Games’ Are Helping Us Learn Feb.16, 2024 A team of researchers are encouraging us to swap textbooks for games, as they drive the application of games in learning, engagement and …What Can Bulls Tell Us About Men? Feb.16, 2024 Researchers have found genes in the reproductive organs of bulls that influence fertility.
The findings can be transferred to humans, as these genes are also present in …The Brain Processes Speech and Its Echo Separately Feb.15, 2024 Echoes can make speech harder to understand, and tuning out echoes in an audio recording is a notoriously difficulty engineering problem.The human brain, however, appears to solve the problem …Environmental Monitoring Offers Low-Cost Tool for Typhoid Fever Surveillance Feb.15, 2024 Researchers can accurately track where typhoid fever cases are highest by monitoring environmental samples for viruses called bacteriophages that specifically infect the bacterium that causes typhoid …
With Just a Little Electricity, Researchers Boost Common Catalytic Reactions Feb.15, 2024 A simple new technique could boost the efficiency of some key chemical processing, by up to a factor of 100,000, researchers report.
The reactions are at the heart of petrochemical processing, …Do Sugar-Free Candy and Gum Give You Gas? Researchers Think They Know Why Feb.15, 2024 Scientists may have figured out why some people have trouble digesting sorbitol, a sugar alcohol used in sugar-free gum, mints, candy and other …Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Number of Patients Is Expected to Double Due to Long-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic Feb.15, 2024 The number of ME/CFS patients is expected to rise drastically due to long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.Scientists have now identified possible biomarkers that could improve the diagnosis …
The Brain Is ‘Programmed’ for Learning from People We Like Feb.15, 2024 Our brains are ‘programmed’ to learn more from people we like — and less from those we dislike.This has been shown by researchers in cognitive neuroscience in a series of …An Innovative Wearable Device for Fashionable Personal Thermal Comfort Feb.
15, 2024 Traditional wearable thermal control devices use bulky and noisy components.New advancements such as the small electrohydrodynamic pump and soft tubes offer a promising avenue for such devices….
How Parents Can Help Prevent the Development of ADHD Symptoms Feb.15, 2024 Parents of young children with an excitable or exuberant temperament could adapt their parenting style to help moderate their child’s potential development of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity …
Ancient Retroviruses Played a Key Role in the Evolution of Vertebrate Brains Feb.15, 2024 Researchers report that ancient viruses may be to thank for myelin — and, by extension, our large, complex brains.The team found that a retrovirus-derived genetic element or …Targeting the Microenvironment Rather Than a Specific Cell Type Could Be the Key to Healing Injured Hearts Feb.14, 2024 A groundbreaking scientific study has unveiled a remarkable discovery that may have far-reaching implications for the treatment of heart disease.
The implications are immense offering glimpses of a …Exposure to Agent Orange Damages Brain Tissue in Ways Similar to Alzheimer’s Disease Feb.
14, 2024 Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with wide-ranging health effects.Even though Agent Orange has not been used for decades, there is increasing interest in its …Live from the Brain: Visual Cues Inform Decision to Cooperate Feb.14, 2024 By combining behavioral and wireless eye tracking and neural monitoring, a team of scientists studied how pairs of freely moving macaques interacting in a naturalistic setting use visual cues to …
New Epigenetic Clocks Reinvent How We Measure Age Feb.
14, 2024 Investigators unveil a new form of epigenetic clock — a machine learning model designed to predict biological age from DNA …
New Algorithm Disentangles Intrinsic Brain Patterns from Sensory Inputs Feb.14, 2024 Scientists have developed a new machine learning method that reveals surprisingly consistent intrinsic brain patterns across different subjects by disentangling these patterns from the effect of …
A New Test Could Predict How Heart Attack Patients Will Respond to Mechanical Pumps Feb.14, 2024 Researchers discovered why ventricular assist devices (VADs) used to support the left ventricle of cardiogenic shock patients can induce right ventricle dysfunction.They also developed a test that …Turning Back the Clock on Photoaging Skin Feb.14, 2024 A new study examines dermal injections and their impact on skin …
Team Creates Novel Rabies Viral Vectors for Neural Circuit Mapping Feb.14, 2024 A research team has created 20 new recombinant rabies viral vectors for neural circuit mapping that offer a range of significant advantages over existing tools, including the ability to detect …Treating Liver Cancer With Microrobots Piloted by a Magnetic Field Feb.14, 2024 Researchers have developed a novel approach to treat liver tumors using magnet-guided microrobots in an MRI …Friday, February 16, 2024 Games in the Classroom and the Boardroom: How ‘serious Games’ Are Helping Us Learn What Can Bulls Tell Us About Men? Thursday, February 15, 2024 The Brain Processes Speech and Its Echo Separately Environmental Monitoring Offers Low-Cost Tool for Typhoid Fever Surveillance With Just a Little Electricity, Researchers Boost Common Catalytic Reactions Do Sugar-Free Candy and Gum Give You Gas? Researchers Think They Know Why Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Number of Patients Is Expected to Double Due to Long-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic The Brain Is ‘programmed’ For Learning from People We Like An Innovative Wearable Device for Fashionable Personal Thermal Comfort How Parents Can Help Prevent the Development of ADHD Symptoms Ancient Retroviruses Played a Key Role in the Evolution of Vertebrate Brains Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Targeting the Microenvironment Rather Than a Specific Cell Type Could Be the Key to Healing Injured Hearts Exposure to Agent Orange Damages Brain Tissue in Ways Similar to Alzheimer’s Disease Live from the Brain: Visual Cues Inform Decision to Cooperate New Epigenetic Clocks Reinvent How We Measure Age New Algorithm Disentangles Intrinsic Brain Patterns from Sensory Inputs A New Test Could Predict How Heart Attack Patients Will Respond to Mechanical Pumps Turning Back the Clock on Photoaging Skin Team Creates Novel Rabies Viral Vectors for Neural Circuit Mapping Treating Liver Cancer With Microrobots Piloted by a Magnetic Field Key Genes Linked to DNA Damage and Human Disease Uncovered Significantly Fewer Births on Weekends and Holidays Than Weekdays, Data Analysis of Over 21 Million Births from 1979-2018 in Japan Shows Vittrup Man Crossed Over from Forager to Farmer Before Being Sacrificed in Denmark Reported Marital Harmony — Or Conflict — Accounts for Nearly Ten Percent of the Variation in Mental Health Self-Assessments in a Broad Study of Australian Adults Emojis Are Differently Interpreted Depending on Gender, Culture, and Age of Viewer Scientists Discover Hidden Army of Lung Flu Fighters Pancreatic Cancer Hijacks a Brain-Building Protein New Understanding of Avian Eggshell Attachment — Implications for Medical Procedures and Egg Industry COVID-19 Vaccination and Boosting During Pregnancy Protects Infants for Six Months, Study Finds Scientists Use AI to Identify New Materials for Carbon Capture Researchers Characterize the Immune Landscape in Cancer Menopause and Migraines: New Findings Point to Power of Prevention Smoking Has Long-Term Effects on the Immune System Nanoparticles That Can Light Up the Lymph Node Cancer Cells Otherwise Undetectable by MRI Tuesday, February 13, 2024 Clinical Trial Shows Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Could Prevent Disease Great Apes Playfully Tease Each Other Blocking an Essential Nutrient Inhibits Malaria Parasite Growth New Study Reveals Dynamic Impact of Nicotine on Brain Regions Responsible for Reward and Aversion Biomarker-Directed Combination Effective in Immunotherapy-Resistant Lung Cancer Anabolic Steroid Use Can Increase Heart Disease Risk, Study Finds Oxytocin: The Love Hormone That Holds the Key to Better Memory New Trial Highlights Incremental Progress Towards a Cure for HIV-1 Interactions Between Flu Subtypes Predict Epidemic Severity More Than Virus Evolution Type 2 Diabetes Alters the Behavior of Discs in the Vertebral Column Sandalwood Oil by-Product Prevents Prostate Cancer Development in Mice Older Adults Rely More on Trust in Decision Making.
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