Monthly Archives: Gennaio 2018
Glucose in the airways could increase infections in lung disease patients
People with the lung disease COPD have higher levels of glucose in their airways, researchers have shown for the first time.
An estimated 1.2 million...
Strategy introduces stable components of flu virus for long-lasting, DNA-enhanced protection
Getting a flu shot every year can be a pain.
One UW Medicine researcher is hoping to make the yearly poke a thing of the...
Multiple sclerosis : cholesterol crystals prevent regeneration in central nervous system
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system, in which the body's own immune cells attack the fatty, insulating...
Leptin hormone spurs body’s shift from burning carbs to fat
To keep the human brain supplied with energy when food was scarce, mammals evolved the ability to switch from burning carbohydrates to burning fat...
Are Vitamin Supplements Used Before or During Pregnancy Associated With ASD Risk?
The use of folic acid and multivitamin supplements by women before and during pregnancy was associated with a lower likelihood of autism spectrum disorder...
Physicists build muscle for shape-changing, cell-sized robots
An electricity-conducting, environment-sensing, shape-changing machine the size of a human cell? Is that even possible?
Cornell University physicists Paul McEuen and Itai Cohen not only...
US : Air Force is finalizing a high-tech “flight plan” for Intelligence, Surveillance and...
National security is an afterthought in the FY 2018 President’s Budget request, playing fourth fiddle to tax cuts, cutting non-defense discretionary spending by 30...
Saudi Arabia : arrests 11 princes over economic protest
Saudi officials have arrested 11 princes for staging a protest against the kingdom's austerity measures, according to a report from the Saudi news website...
Study finds excess fat disrupts heart cell’s energy system
A University of Iowa study has identified how excess fat in the heart, a common feature in diabetes and obesity, can harm the cells'...
Taking paracetamol during pregnancy may reduce fertility of daughters
Taking paracetamol during pregnancy may impair the future fertility of female offspring, according to a review published in Endocrine Connections.
The article reviews three separate...
Eating More Foods with Choline During Pregnancy Boosts Baby’s Brain
When expectant mothers consume sufficient amounts of the nutrient choline during pregnancy, their offspring gain enduring cognitive benefits, a new Cornell University study suggests.
Choline...
Why Sauna Bathing is Good For Your Health
Over the past couple of years, scientists at the University of Eastern Finland have shown that sauna bathing is associated with a variety of...
Finding the Tipping Point For Sleep
Researchers have now shown how specialist nerve cells in the brains of fruit flies trigger several key steps of falling asleep.
The team at Oxford...
Supercharged antibiotics could turn tide against superbugs
An old drug supercharged by University of Queensland researchers has emerged as a new antibiotic that could destroy some of the world's most dangerous...
Mirror neuron activity predicts people’s decision-making in moral dilemmas
It is wartime. You and your fellow refugees are hiding from enemy soldiers, when a baby begins to cry. You cover her mouth to...
