Monthly Archives: Giugno 2018
Anyone needing a little excitement in their lives could do worse than suck a...
Scientists at the Sussex Computer Human Interaction (SCHI) Lab say they have found for the first time empirical evidence that sour tastes lead to...
Repeated stimulation enlarges dendritic spines
Even in adult brains, new neurons are generated throughout a lifetime.
In a publication in the scientific journal PNAS, a research group led by Goethe...
Babies in NICU sleep better when their hear their mom’s voice
Babies who spend their first days or weeks of life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit may not sleep as soundly as those who...
Alpha and theta oscillations move rhythmically across the brain, reflecting neural activity propagating across...
The coordination of neural activity across widespread brain networks is essential for human cognition.
Researchers have long assumed that oscillations in the brain, commonly...
A new study reveals people respond to stimuli in another person’s peripersonal space as...
Peripersonal space (PPS) is an area created by the brain immediately around one’s own body parts that is used when interacting with people and...
Researchers reveal news stories about potential threats become more negative, hysterical and inaccurate when...
News stories about terrorism, disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and other potential threats become increasingly negative, inaccurate and hysterical when passed from person to person,...
VPNFilter malware caught infecting Asus, D-Link, Huawei, ZTE & others
PNFilter Malware Is Back And It Seems Like Rebooting Your Routers Will Not Protect Them Against This Growing Threat.
VPNFilter malware was discovered by Cisco Talos...
Adobe Issues Patch for Actively Exploited Flash Player Zero-Day Exploit
If you have already uninstalled Flash player, well done! But if you haven't, here's another great reason for ditching it.
Adobe has released a security patch update...
An immunization for stress created from beneficial bacteria could be on the horizon. The...
Immunization with beneficial bacteria can have long-lasting anti-inflammatory effects on the brain, making it more resilient to the physical and behavioral effects of stress,...
Newly discovered regulation process explains plant development
Vascular tissue in plants distributes water and nutrients, thereby ensuring constant growth. Each newly developed cell needs to develop into its respective cell type...
Education linked to higher risk of short-sightedness
Spending more years in full time education is associated with a greater risk of developing short-sightedness (myopia), finds a study published by The BMJ today.
The researchers...
Researchers provide a statistical analysis of ‘saving appearance responses’ in patients with dementia. The...
Dementia, in any form, is a heartbreaking disease that can take away one’s thinking and judgement abilities before they pass.
To save face, people...
Researchers have identified neuropeptide alterations that occur in Africanized honeybee brains when they become...
Africanized honeybees, commonly known as “killer bees,” are much more aggressive than their European counterparts.
Now researchers have examined neuropeptide changes that take place...
Teenage Girls More Impacted by Sleepiness Than Boys
Preliminary results of a recent study show that teen girls reported a higher degree of interference of daytime sleepiness on multiple aspects of their...
Scientists create ‘genetic atlas’ of proteins in human blood Date:
An international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Cambridge and MSD* has created the first detailed genetic map of human...
