Monthly Archives: Novembre 2019
Boston Dynamics : Spot robots aren’t evil and won’t be turned into weapons
As videos of robot-like dogs made by Boston Dynamics go viral on the internet, the humanoids' uncanny abilities have also sparked worries that they...
A horse will blink less and twitch its eyelids more when it’s under mild...
How can you tell when a horse is feeling stressed?
It’s all in the eyes and the way their eyelids twitch, University of Guelph...
Déjà vu and the postdictive bias
For many, déjà vu is just a fleeting, eerie sensation that “I’ve been here before.”
For others, it gets even eerier: In that moment...
There are not enough evidence to support the view that violent video games lead...
A new study finds that there is not enough information to support the claim that violent video games lead to acts of violence.
The Contemporary Economic...
Researchers have identified two molecules that might be linked to Kallmann syndrome
A team of neuroscientists led by Professor Christiana Ruhrberg (UCL, UK) and Professor Anna Cariboni (University of Milan, Italy) have found two molecules that...
Incorporating sex and gender could help improve scientific research
Thinking about sex and gender would help scientists improve their research, a new article published today argues.
Writing in a special 150th anniversary edition of Nature,...
Smoking increases risk of depression and schizophrenia
It is well-known that smoking is much more common amongst people with mental illness – especially depression and schizophrenia.
However, most studies that have...
Recycling technologies for end-of-life lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are not keeping pace with the...
Recycling technologies for end-of-life lithium ion batteries (LIBs) are not keeping pace with the rapid rise of electric vehicles, storing up a potentially huge...
We optimize the learning when we fail 15% of the time
To learn new things, we must sometimes fail. But what’s the right amount of failure?
New research led by the University of Arizona proposes...
HPV : Mailed self-sampling kits help more women get screened for the cancer
Signaling a potential major change in cervical cancer screening options for American women, a new study found that mailed self-sampling kits that test for...
The first attempt in the United States to use a gene editing tool called...
The first attempt in the United States to use a gene editing tool called CRISPR against cancer seems safe in the three patients who...
Vitamin D influences the behaviour of melanoma cells by making them less aggressive
Vitamin D influences the behaviour of melanoma cells in the lab by making them less aggressive, Cancer Research UK scientists have found.
The researchers from...
Regular physical activity is associated with reduced risk of fracture in postmenopausal women
Regular physical activity, including lighter intensity activities such as walking, is associated with reduced risk of hip and total fracture in postmenopausal women, according...
Brain and fetal development damage caused by exposure to CBD and THC are very...
A new study published in Scientific Reports, a Nature Research journal, shows how a one-time exposure during early pregnancy to cannabinoids (CBs) – both synthetic...
Following amputation brain reroutes the function to the remaining limb
Fans of the blockbuster movie “Iron Man 3” might remember the characters step inside the digital projection of a “big brain” and watch as...
