Monthly Archives: Ottobre 2018
Dopamine is linked to change in beliefs
For the first time, scientists have been able to image brain activity when people change their short-term beliefs, and to relate this brain activity...
Mental health problems will increase as temperatures rise due to climate change
The researchers said that over five years, a 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degree Fahrenheit) increase in average temperature is associated with higher rates of...
Chewing gum could be a strategy to help reduce vitamin deficiency
Nearly 15 percent of all chewing gum varieties sold promise to provide health-enhancing supplements to users, so Penn State researchers studied whether two vitamin-supplemented...
Many labeled the new polishes as “3-Free” but are not necessarily free of toxic...
Prolonged exposure to certain chemicals found in in nail polishes, glues, removers, and other salon products may cause serious health problems to pregnant women.
Manicurists...
Critical vulnerability in WhatsApp : Just Answering A Video Call Could Compromise Your WhatsApp...
What if just receiving a video call on WhatsApp could hack your smartphone?
This sounds filmy, but Google Project Zero security researcher Natalie Silvanovich found...
Research suggests people know an average of 5,000 faces
For the first time scientists have been able to put a figure on how many faces people actually know- a staggering 5,000 on average.
The...
High levels of air pollutants linked to a heightened risk of developing mouth cancer
High levels of air pollutants, especially fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and to a lesser extent, ozone, may be linked to a heightened risk of...
Planned intermittent fasting may help to reverse type 2 diabetes
Planned intermittent fasting may help to reverse type 2 diabetes, suggest doctors writing in the journal BMJ Case Reports after three patients in their...
Protein, called SAP102, has unique effects in neural connections
Our cognitive abilities come down to how well the connections, or synapses, between our brain cells transmit signals.
A new study by researchers at MIT's...
Researchers have developed a model that can predict with 80% accuracy whether a new...
Researchers have used a combination of social media and transport data to predict the likelihood that a given retail business will succeed or fail.
Using...
Breast cancer cells can physically push their way out of their normal confines to...
Cancers pose the greatest danger when they become invasive and then spread from their originating tissues throughout the body.
Although scientists have long known that...
Researchers developed an antiretroviral medication called dolutegravir – HIV treatment and prevention
A persistent challenge in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention is medication adherence – getting patients to take their medication as required to get the best...
Distinct skeletal disorders share a common pathway
A rare and as-yet-unnamed skeletal disorder shares a common "signaling pathway" with another rare skeletal disorder called Jansen metaphyseal chondrodysplasia.
(A signaling pathway is a...
How the senses can influence each other- in particular, how sound can give rise...
We experience the world through our senses, a constant torrent of sights, sounds, smells, and more.
Our brains take these signals and process them, giving...
Healthy gut microbiome is important for recovery after a heart attack
The community of microorganisms that live in the human gut has been shown to confer all kinds of health benefits. Now, an international team...
