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Cocaine Use and Impaired Inhibitory Control: New Insights

One line of cocaine is, thus, now as cheap as a tablet of ecstasy. This means cocaine is no longer considered an “elite” drug but is affordable for all,…

Life & Chemistry

New Study Uncovers How Oxytocin Influences Generosity

In the research, Zak and his colleagues gave doses of oxytocin and a placebo to participants, who were then offered a blinded, one-time decision on how to…

Life & Chemistry

VIB and UZ-K.U.Leuven Advance Biotechnology in Flanders

Belgium – Flemish biotechnologists have a world-wide reputation for deciphering genetic code. In order to further strengthen this leading position, two Flemish…

Studies and Analyses

New Technique Aims to Age Immigrant Minors Using Ribs, Teeth

The study was carried out by Dr. Pedro Manuel Garamendi González and directed by professors Miguel Botella López, and Inmaculada Alemán Aguilera. This is of…

Physics & Astronomy

ESA Boosts EUMETSAT Launch with New Control Services

Under the agreement, ESA will provide control services during the critical launch and early orbit phase (LEOP), which involves moving the satellite from its…

Health & Medicine

Researchers Knock Out HIV in Groundbreaking Study

Professor Jens Lundgren from the Faculty of Health Sciences in Copenhagen, together with other members of the research group EuroSIDA, have conducted a study,…

Life & Chemistry

When animals evolve on islands, size doesn’t matter

The new study refutes the ‘island rule’ which says that in island environments small mammals such as rodents tend to evolve to be larger, and large mammals…

Earth Sciences

Dinosaurs and Fowl Breath: New Insights from Manchester Team

The University of Manchester team, comprising biologists and palaeontologists, has found that theropod dinosaurs like the Velociraptor had similar respiratory…

Earth Sciences

Audible Ancient Landscapes: Science Meets Art at Event 3

It will feature at Prague's forthcoming Event 3 Festival and conference ‘Mutamorphosis: Challenging the Arts and Sciences,’ a radical international gathering…

Health & Medicine

EU project confirms Europe's excellence in migraine research

Over 12% of the world's population suffer from migraines, with women making up two-thirds of sufferers. The attacks are not only highly unpleasant for…

Health & Medicine

New Research Reveals Fitness Industry’s Struggle with Obesity

Now a new study by Dr. Jennifer Smith Maguire, from the Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester, reveals that the fitness industry…

Technology Offerings

Innovative Polymer Undercoating for Dentures: No Adhesive Needed

The undercoating-system offers the dental prosthesis the possibility to adhere on the alveolar process without a denture adhesive cream and it avoids pressure…

Life & Chemistry

Earliest Birds: More Like Turkeys Than Common Cuckoos

“The claws of Mesozoic birds and their immediate ancestors, the non-avian theropods, are relatively ‘straight’—most like [those] of birds that are now either…

Health & Medicine

Zanzibar's impressive attack on malaria

Achuyt Bhattarai, Anders Björkman and colleagues from Tanzania, Sweden, Italy, USA and UK have published their results in the latest issue of PLoS Medicine,…

Studies and Analyses

Seasonal Blood Pressure Variations Revealed in Large VA Study

The five-year study analyzed electronic health records from 15 VA hospitals in warmer and colder cities throughout the United States. Researchers identified…

Life & Chemistry

WFU Researchers Uncover New Hemoglobin Function

A team of researchers from Wake Forest University, the National Institutes of Health and other institutions has discovered a previously undetected chemical…

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