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Life & Chemistry

Gene Variation Linked to Key Changes in Human Brain Development

An international collaboration of scientists from the Yale School of Medicine and Turkey may have discovered humanity's beneficiary – a tiny variation within a…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers identify DNA region linked to depression

Major depression affects approximately 20 percent of people at some point during their lives, and family studies have long suggested that depression risk is…

Health & Medicine

New mouse model may lead to new therapies for degenerative diseases

For example, in type I diabetes, hyperglycemia commonly develops when approximately 80 percent of the beta cells in the pancreas are lost; in Parkinson's…

Life & Chemistry

How Aggressive Mating Behavior Affects Species Survival

Evolutionary biologists have long debated whether the behavior of the individual is able to influence processes on a population or species level. The…

Life & Chemistry

Tarantulas Use Silk From Feet for Unique Survival Technique

'The animals are very delicate. They wouldn't survive a fall from any height,' explains Claire Rind from the University of Newcastle, UK. In 2006, Stanislav…

Health & Medicine

Personalized Treatment Insights for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

AML, the most common form of acute leukemia seen in adults, is an aggressive form of cancer that primarily affects the elderly. Despite years of research,…

Studies and Analyses

School Bullying Linked to Suicide and HIV Risks in LGBT Youth

This is the first known study to examine the relationship between school victimization during adolescence – specifically related to sexual orientation and…

Studies and Analyses

New Bedside Screening Identifies Acute Aortic Dissection

The most lethal and sudden cardiovascular event can be the toughest for doctors to diagnose.But a study by the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center…

Life & Chemistry

Reading the fine print of perception – The human brain learns by interpreting details

Researchers at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the Bernstein Center Berlin, the NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence and the Otto-von-Guericke University of…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Photosynthesis vs. Photovoltaics: Energy Harvesting Explained

Although both photosynthesis and photovoltaics harvest energy from the sun, they operate in distinctly different ways producing different fuels. It is not a…

Health & Medicine

Exploring The Impact of Placebos in Modern Medicine

They may be uncomfortable talking about it, but it's definitely going on. A recent survey, led by McGill Psychiatry Professor and Senior Lady Davis Institute…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Fire Detector: Innovating Safety Through Temperature Response

A rapid pain response to extreme temperatures is of vital importance to prevent being burned by touching a hot object or accidentally swallowing scolding soup,…

Health & Medicine

Findings could lead to a blood test for lung cancer

The findings could lead to a blood test for lung cancer, according to a researcher with the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James…

Health & Medicine

Sound safety

Engineers investigating “listener fatigue”– the discomfort and pain some people experience while using in-ear headphones, hearing aids, and other devices that…

Health & Medicine

Chiropractic Manipulation: Low Risk of Chest Injury Confirmed

Dynamic chest compression occurs during spinal manipulation. While dynamic chest compression has been well studied in events such as motor vehicle collisions,…

Studies and Analyses

Elevated protein levels in cardiac muscles could predict mortality following angioplasty

Routine monitoring of these protein levels following nonemergent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) could improve long-term outcomes for these patients….

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