Men and Women Have Opposite Genetic Alterations in Depression
Men and women with major depressive disorder (MDD) have opposite changes in the expression of the same genes, according to a new postmortem brain...
In Search For the Clocks Behind Aging Brain Disorders
“We tried to untangle the large role aging appears to play in some of the most devastating neurological disorders,” said Edward Giniger, Ph.D., senior...
Understanding Addiction and Dual Diagnosis
This dual diagnosis is a problem that clearly goes both ways.
But science has a long way to go before we can truly understand why...
Laser-heated nanowires produce micro-scale nuclear fusion
Nuclear fusion, the process that powers our sun, happens when nuclear reactions between light elements produce heavier ones.
It's also happening -- at a smaller...
Trojanized BitTorrent Software Update Hijacked 400,000 PCs Last Week
A massive malware outbreak that last week infected nearly half a million computers with cryptocurrency mining malware in just a few hours was caused by a...
Canetroller for visually impaired is designed for exploring virtual worlds
Oh the wonder of it all.
Virtual reality is opening us up to experiences that set our imaginations and curiosity on fire to explore the...
Space : orbit altered the astronauts immune system and DNA
Spending time in space permanently changes your genes, a shock new Nasa study has revealed.
Astronaut Scott Kelly now has different DNA to his identical twin brother...
Speed Limit of the Universe : Quantum Physicists possible to double that speed
There's a limit to how fast information can move through the universe, just like there's a limit to how fast everything else can move...
Historical lead exposure may be linked to 256,000 premature deaths from cardiovascular disease in...
New estimates suggest that 256000 premature deaths from cardiovascular disease -- including 185000 deaths from ischemic heart disease -- in the USA may be...
Artificial and biological cells work together as mini chemical factories
Researchers have fused living and non-living cells for the first time in a way that allows them to work together, paving the way for...
Lab surprised to find its drug-delivery system can help even without drugs
Sometimes when you're invested in a project you fail to notice things that turn out to be significant.
Researchers in the Rice lab of chemist...
How would the brain process alien music?
What might alien music sound like?
Would it be structured hierarchically as our music is with verses and a chorus?
Would we even be able to...
Molecule that gives energy-burning brown fat its identity could lead to drugs for obesity
While most fat cells in the human body store energy, everyone has a small subset of brown fat cells that do the opposite --...
The early bird got to fly: Archaeopteryx was an active flyer
The question of whether the Late Jurassic dino-bird Archaeopteryx was an elaborately feathered ground dweller, a glider, or an active flyer has fascinated palaeontologists for decades.
Valuable...
CredSSP Flaw in Remote Desktop Protocol Affects All Versions of Windows
A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) that affects all versions of Windows to date and could allow...
