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A new EEG study reveals how the brain utilizes more cognitive resources to hold...
Researchers at the Centre for Bioelectric Interfaces and the Centre for Cognition & Decision Making of the Higher School of Economics utilized electroencephalogram (EEG)...
Researchers discover how musicians communicate non-verbally while performing different pieces of music
A team of researchers from McMaster University has discovered a new technique to examine how musicians intuitively coordinate with one another during a performance,...
Older adults who move more than average may be better protected from dementia symptoms
Older adults who move more than average, either in the form of daily exercise or just routine physical activity such as housework, may maintain...
The ideal drug is one that only affects the target disease to treat
The ideal drug is one that only affects the exact cells and neurons it is designed to treat, without unwanted side effects.
This concept...
Xiaomi : new in-display fingerprint scanning
"In-display fingerprint scanners are fast gaining popularity, and we are surely going to see a lot more of them in 2019.
While the current...
Bilingual children do not have more advantages than monolingual children when it comes to...
Bilingual children do not have more advantages than monolingual children when it comes to executive function, which includes remembering instructions, controlling responses, and shifting...
Food additives known as dietary emulsifiers may adversely affect anxiety-related and social behaviors
Food additives known as dietary emulsifiers, commonly found in processed foods to improve texture and extend shelf life, may adversely affect anxiety-related and social...
New antibiotic is able to fighting deadly drug resistant bacteria in intestines
A new antibiotic developed by a Flinders University researcher is being heralded as a breakthrough in the war against a drug resistant superbug.
Bacteria are...
The placenta is able to adapt to a poor diet or low oxygen during...
Cambridge researchers have discovered the placenta regulates how much oxygen and nutrients it transports to babies during challenging pregnancies in a study using mice...
Taking medicine for a cold? some medicines may impact your heart
Flu has so far infected more than 6 million Americans this season, and winter colds are making their rounds.
If you've been hit by...
A few daily minutes of stair climbing can improve cardiovascular health
It just got harder to avoid exercise.
A few minutes of stair climbing, at short intervals throughout the day, can improve cardiovascular health, according...
A large study refutes that antiviral drugs for treating hepatitis C may lead to...
A large, multi-center study refutes earlier suggestions that antiviral drugs for treating hepatitis C may lead to a higher recurrence of liver cancer.
Researchers at...
Researchers have developed a probe which can inhibit Epstein-Barr-related tumour growth
Epstein-Barr virus infects more than 95 percent of people, usually without symptoms.
But sometimes its persistence in cells can lead to tumour formation.
Now,...
New drugs to increase the body’s good cholesterol levels
Scientists at UNSW Sydney have made a breakthrough discovery about cholesterol transportation in cells that opens the way for new drugs to increase the...
Neurotechnologies: the market needs proven benefits
The marketing of direct-to-consumer "neurotechnologies" can be enticing: apps that diagnose a mental state, and brain devices that improve cognition or "read" one's emotional...
