Monthly Archives: Maggio 2018
New type of vertigo identified
Neurologists have identified a new type of vertigo with no known cause, according to a study published in the May 23, 2018, online issue...
Leg Exercise is Critical to Brain and Nervous System Health
Groundbreaking research shows that neurological health depends as much on signals sent by the body’s large, leg muscles to the brain as it does...
Researchers reveal our cultural experiences and language we speak may impact how we perceive...
The human eye can physically perceive millions of colours. But we don’t all recognise these colours in the same way.
Some people can’t see differences...
Researchers reveal a small region of Ataxin-2, a protein implicated in long term memory,...
Scientists have just discovered that a small region of a cellular protein that helps long-term memories form also drives the neurodegeneration seen in Amyotrophic...
Discovered Link Between Tuberculosis and Parkinson’s Disease
The mechanism our immune cells use to clear bacterial infections like tuberculosis (TB) might also be implicated in Parkinson’s disease, according to a new...
New Brain Development Disorder Identified
Researchers have identified a new inherited neurodevelopmental disease that causes slow growth, seizures and learning difficulties in humans.
Writing in the journal eLife, the team reveals...
Chinese Hackers Find Over a Dozen Vulnerabilities in BMW Cars
Chinese security researchers have discovered more than a dozen vulnerabilities in the onboard compute units of BMW cars, some of which can be exploited...
Researchers unearth a huge botnet army of 500,000 hacked routers
More than half a million routers and storage devices in dozens of countries have been infected with a piece of highly sophisticated IoT botnet...
To have or not to have… your left atrial appendage closed
Each year in the U.S., more than 300,000 people have heart surgery.
To reduce risk of stroke for their patients, surgeons often will close the...
Could we predict the next Ebola outbreak by tracking the migratory patterns of bats?
Javier Buceta, associate professor of bioengineering, Paolo Bocchini, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and postdoctoral student Graziano Fiorillo of Lehigh University have...
Unlocking the secrets of HIV’s persistence
Thanks to advances in the development of anti-retroviral therapy (ART), patients with HIV are living longer than ever before.
And yet, even in patients on...
Mice regrow brain tissue after stroke with bioengineered gel
In a first-of-its-kind finding, a new stroke-healing gel helped regrow neurons and blood vessels in mice with stroke-damaged brains, UCLA researchers report in the...
Reading the Minds of Pilots
After a plane engine blew apart at 32,000 feet in the air last month, the pilot flying Southwest Flight 1380 safely brought the Boeing...
Eating at Night and Sleeping by Day Swiftly Alters Key Blood Proteins
Staying awake all night and sleeping all day for just a few days can disrupt levels and time of day patterns of more than...
Researchers report a new ‘anti-radiation’ medication can help protect astronauts’ brains from the cosmic...
Planning a trip to Mars? You’ll want to remember your anti-radiation pills.
NASA and private space companies like SpaceX plan to send humans to the...
