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Marijuana use rates are increasing in college students in states where recreational use has...
Marijuana use among college students has been trending upward for years, but in states that have legalized recreational marijuana, use has jumped even higher.
An...
Xenobots – Scientists has repurposed living cells into entirely new life-forms
Microscopic ‘xenobots’ created from frog embryo stem cells promise advances from drug delivery to neurological waste clean up.
Now a team of scientists...
Autistic mothers are more likely to report post-natal depression
Autistic mothers are more likely to report post-natal depression compared to non-autistic mothers, according to a new study of mothers of autistic children carried...
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) could be treat with rubber hand illusion
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) affects as many as one in 50 people worldwide. One of the most common types of the condition, affecting almost...
Hikikomori : modern tools to help improve interpersonal communication may have the opposite effect
Experts in the Japanese phenomena of hikikomori say the condition of extreme social isolation is more widespread than previously acknowledged, and it deserves a...
Reduction in tongue fat volume is the main link between weight loss and sleep...
Losing weight is an effective treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), but why exactly this is the case has remained unclear.
Now, researchers in...
Protease Activated Receptor 1 (PAR1) could be the new strategie for treating multiple sclerosis...
A molecular switch has the ability to turn on a substance in animals that repairs neurological damage in disorders such as multiple sclerosis (MS),...
Researchers explore the phenomena of super-recognizers
Do you never forget a face? Are you one of those people who can spot the same nameless extras across different TV programs and...
Neurodegenerative diseases : Researchers have identified a set of drug-like compounds that can help...
A sophisticated new screening platform developed by scientists at Scripps Research has enabled them to discover a set of drug-like compounds, including an ingredient...
Discovered cellular mechanisms that could extend lifespan by 500 percent
Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory, in collaboration with scientists from the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in Novato, Calif., and Nanjing University...
Language difficulties associated with primary progressive aphasia differ depending on a person’s native language
English and Italian speakers with dementia-related language impairment experience distinct kinds of speech and reading difficulties based on features of their native languages, according...
Mothers exposed to PBDE flame retardants while pregnancy increase children’s risk of developing...
A new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons suggests that prenatal exposure to flame retardants may increase the...
Are the human beings are just “throwaway survival machines” whose only purpose is to...
The search for meaning in life is a familiar challenge to many of us. Some materialist scientists and philosophers consider it a futile search....
China’s military ambition in South Asia push the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is altering the political landscape for the United States, India, China, and Pakistan.
On Nov. 20, Pakistani Foreign Minister...
OrCam Technologies – wearable aides for hearing and for reading
OrCam Technologies at this year's CES made a name for itself as solutions bearer for wearable assistive technology. They have developed wearable aides for...
