Monthly Archives: Maggio 2018
A neuroimaging study reveals brain areas not commonly associated with science learning become active...
Parts of the brain not traditionally associated with learning science become active when people are confronted with solving physics problems, a new study shows.
The...
Tiny Particles Could Help Fight Brain Cancer
Glioblastoma multiforme, a type of brain tumor, is one of the most difficult-to-treat cancers.
Only a handful of drugs are approved to treat glioblastoma,...
Researchers shed light on how sleep spindles help secure memory storage and reactivation
Leading theories propose that sleep presents an opportune time for important, new memories to become stabilized.
And it’s long been known which brain waves...
Mutations in LRRK2 leads to dysfunctional auxilin and impaired synaptic vesicle endocytosis in Parkinson’s...
Northwestern Medicine scientists identified a cellular mechanism that leads to neurodegeneration in patients with Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published in Proceedings of the...
Z-Wave Downgrade Attack Left Over 100 Million IoT Devices Open to Hackers
Researchers have found that even after having an advanced encryption scheme in place, more than 100 million Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices from thousands of vendors...
TeenSafe : monitoring app exposes plaintext Apple ID passwords of its users
A popular teen monitoring app has become a victim of a data breach in which plaintext Apple ID passwords are believed to have been compromised.
Dubbed as TeenSafe,...
How to Download All the Data Apple Collects About You
Apple is making it easier for its users to download their data the company has collected about them so far.
On Wednesday, Apple just launched...
Widely used e-cigarette flavoring impairs lung function May 23, 2018, American Thoracic Society
A new study has found that a common e-cigarette flavoring that has chemical characteristics similar to toxic chemicals found in cigarette smoke disrupts an...
Surgery involving ultrasound energy found to treat high blood pressure
An operation that targets the nerves connected to the kidney has been found to significantly reduce blood pressure in patients with hypertension, according to...
Depression speeds up brain aging, find psychologists
Psychologists at the University of Sussex have found a link between depression and an acceleration of the rate at which the brain ages.
Although scientists...
A closed car under direct sunlight can kill in one hour
A lot can happen at 160 degrees Fahrenheit: Eggs fry, salmonella bacteria dies, and human skin will suffer third-degree burns.
If a car is parked...
Antidepressant use may contribute to long-term population weight gain
Researchers at King's College London have found that patients prescribed any of the 12 most commonly used antidepressants were 21% more likely to experience...
How to produce carbon nanotubes economically
Imagine a box you plug into the wall that cleans your toxic air and pays you cash.
That's essentially what Vanderbilt University researchers produced after...
Early physical therapy benefits low-back pain patients
Patients with low-back pain are better off seeing a physical therapist first, according to a study of 150,000 insurance claims.
The study, published in Health...
Researchers identify source of molecule linked to nasal polyps, asthma attacks
A new discovery about how the immune system responds to common sinus infections and asthma could explain why patients develop these issues in the...
