Sugars in infant formulas pose risk to babies with inherited metabolic disorder
Babies with inherited intolerance of fructose face a risk of acute liver failure if they are fed certain widely available formulas containing fructose, pediatricians...
New cytokine network can repair tissue damage in the intestine, study finds
A new group of proteins called cytokines, critical for antimicrobial activity and repairing the damaged intestinal tissue found in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), has...
Why chikungunya, other arthritis-causing viruses target joints
Chikungunya virus is a growing threat to the United States and other regions of the world as the mosquito that carries the virus expands...
New device could increase battery life of electronics by a hundred-fold
Among the chief complaints for smartphone, laptop and other battery-operated electronics users is that the battery life is too short and -- in some...
According to researchers, the adult brain may be sensitive to social and economic factors
Research has shown that a developing child’s brain structure and function can be adversely affected when the child is raised in an environment lacking...
Researchers have identified a genetic overlap between rheumatoid arthritis and Huntington’s disease
Using new analytic tools, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have...
Novel research aimed at providing a better understanding of the roots of consciousness
Understanding the biology behind consciousness (or self-awareness) is considered by some to be the final frontier of science.
And over the last decade, a...
WannaCry hero charged with creating Kronos banking malware
The 23-year-old cybersecurity expert, Marcus Hutchins (@Malwaretech on Twitter), who made headlines for identifying the kill switch for the nasty WannaCry ransomware attack preventing it from further spread...
A high-fiber diet protects mice against the flu virus
Dietary fiber increases survival in influenza-infected mice by setting the immune system at a healthy level of responsiveness, according to a preclinical study published...
Engineers on a roll toward smaller, more efficient radio frequency transformers
The future of electronic devices lies partly within the "internet of things—the network of devices, vehicles and appliances embedded within electronics to enable connectivity...
How We Perceive Color
When we view natural images the colours we perceive are due to colour information at every local patch of an image, rather than how...
How REM and Non-REM Sleep May Work Together to Help Solve Problems
Sleep is known to be important for creative thinking, but exactly how it helps and what role each sleep stage–REM and non-REM–plays remains unclear.
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How the Brain Decides to Make an Effort
From deciding to quit hitting the snooze button and get out of bed in the morning to opting to switch off the TV and...
Water heater: 100,000 degrees Celsius in less than a tenth of a picosecond
Scientists have used a powerful X-ray laser to heat water from room temperature to 100,000 degrees Celsius in less than a tenth of a...
Researchers have used lasers to connect, arrange and merge artificial cells, paving the way...
Researchers have used lasers to connect, arrange and merge artificial cells, paving the way for networks of artificial cells that act like tissues.
The team...
