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Different cultures – different learning capabilities
If you made any plans for next week, congratulations! You've demonstrated a key feature of being human: being able to think beyond the here...
New research has identified a type of bacteria found in the microbiomes of elite...
New research has identified a type of bacteria found in the microbiomes of elite athletes that contributes to improved capacity for exercise.
These bacteria,...
Air pollution is associated with an increased risk of heart disease and type 2...
A new study soon to appear in the Journal of Public Health suggests that air pollution and living in apartment buildings may be associated...
Eleven-month-old infants can learn to associate the language they hear with ethnicity
Eleven-month-old infants can learn to associate the language they hear with ethnicity, recent research from the University of British Columbia suggests.
The study, published April...
Statins doubles the risk of developing type 2 diabetes
A study of thousands of patients' health records found that those who were prescribed cholesterol-lowering statins had at least double the risk of developing...
Brain’s dorsal anterior insular play a major role in ecstatic experiences
The epileptic “aura” is a subjective phenomenon that sometimes precedes the visible clinical features of a seizure.
Investigators tested three epileptic patients prior to...
Food allergies could reverse by targeting gut bacteria
Every three minutes, a food-related allergic reaction sends someone to the emergency room in the U.S. Currently, the only way to prevent a reaction...
Researchers have created one of the first maps to reveal gene activity and connectivity...
Scientists investigating heart failure have been limited to studying diseased heart tissue in the lab - understandably, as people don't tend to pluck out...
Researchers have discovered a mysterious group of neurons in the amygdala that stay in...
Researchers have discovered a mysterious group of neurons in the amygdala - a key center for emotional processing in the brain - that stay...
Face recognition : generative face completion tools improve capabilities
Researchers at the USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI) in California have recently carried out a study investigating whether completing obstructed faces using artificial neural...
Researchers have a developed a double-duty hydrogel that both attacks the bacteria and encourages...
Surgery prompted by automobile accidents, combat wounds, cancer treatment and other conditions can lead to bone infections that are difficult to treat and can...
Celiac disease : micronutrient deficiencies are common
Micronutrient deficiencies, including vitamins B12 and D, as well as folate, iron, zinc and copper, are common in adults at the time of diagnosis...
Researchers found the association of habitat loss and the global emergence of infectious diseases
Auburn University researchers have published a new hypothesis that could provide the foundation for new scientific studies looking into the association of habitat loss...
Scientists have discovered that coffee can fight obesity and diabetes
Scientists from the University of Nottingham have discovered that drinking a cup of coffee can stimulate 'brown fat', the body's own fat-fighting defenses, which...
Women who date for a free meal and without romantic interest in their dinner...
When it comes to getting a date, there’s any number of ways people can present themselves and their interests.
One of the newer phenomena...
