Removing tonsils and adenoids in childhood increases the long-term risk of respiratory, allergic and...
Tonsil and adenoid removal associated with long-term risks of respiratory, allergic and infectious diseases Removing tonsils and adenoids in childhood increases the long-term risk...
A new blood test for pregnant women detects with 75-80 percent accuracy whether their...
A new blood test for pregnant women detects with 75-80 percent accuracy whether their pregnancies will end in premature birth.
The technique can also be...
Researchers reveal bees are able to grasp complex numerical concepts, such as the value...
Though some vertebrates had already been shown to master complex numerical concepts like addition and zero, no evidence of this existed for insects.
Since...
Researchers have developed a new computational model of major depressive disorde
During a depressive episode the ability of the brain to form new brain cells is reduced.
Scientists of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum examined how this...
Food Allergies Linked to ASD in Children
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more than twice as likely to suffer...
A patient missing most of her occipital lobes on both sides of the brain...
When light streams through her window in just the right way, Milena Canning will sometimes stoop to pick up a shiny coin she has...
Chinese hackers stole 614 gigabytes of US Navy’s anti-ship missile data
In January and February 2018, the computers belonging to a U.S. Navy contractor were compromised by hackers backed by the Chinese government – As a result,...
Scientists found a previously unknown link between mitochondria and kidney disease
Scientists found a previously unknown link between mitochondria and kidney disease, identifying a receptor that causes kidney dysfunction when suppressed, according to a study...
An international team has designed the first potentially therapeutic photoactive drug, MRS7145, to fight...
An international team has designed the first potentially therapeutic photoactive drug, MRS7145, to fight Parkinson's disease, according to the new article in Journal of...
A gene previously linked with obesity has been found to affect how the body...
A gene previously linked with obesity has been found to affect how the body processes insulin, with potential implications for some forms of diabetes.
Scientists...
Anyone needing a little excitement in their lives could do worse than suck a...
Scientists at the Sussex Computer Human Interaction (SCHI) Lab say they have found for the first time empirical evidence that sour tastes lead to...
Repeated stimulation enlarges dendritic spines
Even in adult brains, new neurons are generated throughout a lifetime.
In a publication in the scientific journal PNAS, a research group led by Goethe...
Babies in NICU sleep better when their hear their mom’s voice
Babies who spend their first days or weeks of life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit may not sleep as soundly as those who...
Alpha and theta oscillations move rhythmically across the brain, reflecting neural activity propagating across...
The coordination of neural activity across widespread brain networks is essential for human cognition.
Researchers have long assumed that oscillations in the brain, commonly...
A new study reveals people respond to stimuli in another person’s peripersonal space as...
Peripersonal space (PPS) is an area created by the brain immediately around one’s own body parts that is used when interacting with people and...
