Monthly Archives: Giugno 2020
PFAPA syndrome has become the most common recurring fever syndrome in children from Western...
Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have discovered clues to the possible cause of...
Appetite can be increased by tanycytes cells that respond to nutrients that signal the...
Tanycytes are glial cells, which communicate with neurons in the brain to inform it of what we have eaten. Researchers from the School of...
Most people’s color awareness is limited to a small area around the dead center...
Color awareness has long been a puzzle for researchers in neuroscience and psychology, who debate over how much color observers really perceive. A study...
Researchers are studying the treatment of cystic fibrosis with TMEM16A inhibitors
Cystic fibrosis is the most frequent severe inherited disorder worldwide.
Every year, hundreds of families are confronted with this diagnosis - and to date,...
Covid-19 may spread across surfaces in a hospital – DNA left on a hospital...
Virus DNA left on a hospital bed rail was found in nearly half of all sites sampled across a ward within 10 hours and...
Negative thinking patterns may raise the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Persistently engaging in negative thinking patterns may raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease, finds a new UCL-led study.
In the study of people aged over...
An autonomous mobility system that works like a wheelchair works at Tokyo airport
An autonomous mobility system that works like a wheelchair without anyone pushing it is scuttling around a Tokyo airport to help with social distancing...
Artificial brains need sleep to maintain their stability
No one can say whether androids will dream of electric sheep, but they will almost certainly need periods of rest that offer benefits similar...
Women who have experienced childhood trauma become mothers earlier
Women who have experienced childhood trauma become mothers earlier than those with a more stable childhood environment, according to a new study conducted by...
SARS-CoV-2 – Mosquito-borne virus : the immune response can be both good and bad
Every year, more than 68,000 people end up with a clinical case of Japanese encephalitis. One in four of these patients will die.
The...
Thousands of tons of microfibres are being released into European marine environments every year
A new study has revealed that almost 13,000 tonnes of microfibres, equivalent to two rubbish trucks every day, are being released into European marine...
The world hit another new record high for heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
The world hit another new record high for heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, despite reduced emissions because of the coronavirus pandemic, scientists announced...
China researchers developed adaptive thermal camouflage devices
Many species have naturally evolved remarkable strategies to visually adapt to their environments for protection and predation.
Researchers have studied adaptive camouflaging in the...
Teens who donate blood are at significant risk for long-term iron deficiency
Teens who donate blood are at significant risk for long-term iron deficiency, a new study warns.
The concern comes as 16- to 18-year-olds have emerged...
The TEG test can identify undetected blood clots in COVID-19 ICU patients
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine are recommending that all COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU undergo a thromboelastography (TEG) to test for the...
