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Eye-tracking and pupil dilation may be a new way to measure a person’s hearing...
In 1998, University of Oregon researcher Avinash Singh Bala was working with barn owls in an Institute of Neuroscience lab when the birds’ eyes...
Netflix series – 13 Reasons Why : No clear evidence of increase in adolescent...
Contrary to the findings of a 2019 study that associated the release of the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why” with an increase in monthly...
How sea star behavior can help us design more efficient robotics systems ?
Have you ever seen a sea star move?
To many of us, sea star seem motionless, like a rock on the ocean’s floor, but...
Students : surfing the web lower the motivation to study and the academic performance
Research conducted at Swansea University and the University of Milan has shown that students who use digital technology excessively are less motivated to engage...
Acid reflux drugs may have an unintended side effect: impairment of breast cancer survivors
Acid reflux drugs that are sometimes recommended to ease stomach problems during cancer treatment may have an unintended side effect: impairment of breast cancer...
Intravenous vitamin C given to patients with sepsis was literally a life saver
In 2017 a paper was published asserting that intravenous vitamin C given to patients with sepsis was literally a life saver. Despite the study...
Researchers definitively shows that regular exposure to THC during pregnancy has significant impact on...
A new study from researchers at Western University and Queen's University definitively shows that regular exposure to THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis,...
New outbreak of a mysterious SARS-like virus in China
The true scale of the outbreak of a mysterious SARS-like virus in China is likely far bigger than officially reported, scientists have warned, as...
Alterations in new regions of non-coding DNA may lead to cancer growth and progression
In an unprecedented pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes, researchers at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) have discovered new regions of non-coding DNA...
Soybean oil causes genetic changes in the brain
New UC Riverside research shows soybean oil not only leads to obesity and diabetes, but could also affect neurological conditions like autism, Alzheimer’s disease,...
We need sleep in order to retain what we are learning
Past studies have found that rewarding participants during a visual perceptual task leads to performance gains.
However, new research suggests that these performance gains...
Nearly everyone responds to music with movement
Nearly everyone responds to music with movement, whether through subtle toe-tapping or an all-out boogie. A recent discovery shows that our dance style is...
Parkinson’s disease : Alpha synuclein’s non-amyloidal component (NAC) aids the protein’s movement through axons
Research by University at Buffalo biologists is providing new insights into alpha-synuclein, a small acidic protein associated with Parkinson’s disease.
Alpha-synuclein is known to form...
Dogs can understand complex gestures by simply watching humans
If you have a dog, hopefully you’re lucky enough to know that they are highly attuned to their owners and can readily understand a...
Sleep disruptions are common features of Fragile X syndrome – Williams syndrome – Down...
New research has discovered that Down’s syndrome, Fragile X syndrome and Williams syndrome are all linked to sleep disruption in very young children, and...
