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Social, economic, environmental and health inequalities within cities can be detected using street imagery
Social, economic, environmental and health inequalities within cities can be detected using street imagery.
The findings, from scientists at Imperial College London, are published...
New immune pathway involved in eliminating parasite worms Trichinella spiralis
Scientists from Lancaster University in the UK have discovered that immune responses originally found to prevent fungal infections are also important in eliminating Trichinella...
A new game theory model demonstrates how superstitious beliefs become established in a society’s...
Ancient Roman leaders once made decisions about important events, such as when to hold elections or where to build new cities, based on the...
Perception is founded on Bayesian principles, even though the brain’s execution of strategies appears...
Human perception is based on mathematically optimal principles, but the brain implements those principles imperfectly, suggests new research by Elina Stengård and Ronald van...
Researchers helps explain how tumors recruit blood vessels
A study by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers helps explain how tumors recruit blood vessels that provide fuel for their...
Dog help the owner to have healthy life
Dog lovers know how much warmth and comfort their canine companions add to their lives.
But they might not know that a growing body...
Zika virus will remain a threat to pregnant women for the foreseeable future
What We know about Zika and Pregnancy
Zika is a virus spread to people primarily through the bite of an infected mosquito. Zika infection during...
There is an important association between maternal cigarette smoking cessation during pregnancy and risk...
Tobacco
Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of health problems for developing babies, including preterm birth, low birth weight, and birth defects of the mouth and lip....
Antidepressants, antibiotics and sun cream components are contaminating fish
The UPV/EHU’s Department of Analytical Chemistry has developed analytical methods to measure the content of antidepressants, antibiotics and ultraviolet sunscreens in the water and...
Domestic cats are able to discriminate the content of human speech
Pet cats can recognize their own names if their names are used regularly by their owners, according to new results by a team of...
Cannabis users weight 2 pounds less and have a lower BMI, than those who...
New evidence from Michigan State University suggests that those who smoke cannabis, or marijuana, weigh less compared to adults who don’t.
The findings, published in...
This flu season has been officially the longest in the last 20 years
Three months ago, this flu season was shaping up to be short and mild in the U.S. But a surprising second viral wave has...
Every additional hour of light intensity physical activity is associate with higher brain volumes...
Incremental physical activity, even at light intensity, is associated with larger brain volume and healthy brain aging.
Considerable evidence suggests that engaging in regular physical...
ALS – Researchers discover critical mechanisms of dysfunctional RNA processing
Research by a Barrow Neurological Center scientist on mechanisms of dysfunctional RNA processing in ALS and frontaltemporal dementia (FTD) was published in the April...
Why women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men ?
It's one of the great mysteries of medicine, and one that affects the lives of millions of people:
Why do women's immune systems gang...
