Attacking bacteria with shark skin-inspired surfaces
Sharks are often the subject of TV specials or news stories focusing on their attacks on humans. But scientists are...
Neuronal activity sheds light on the origin of consciousness
Consciousness is everything people experience -- from the taste of chocolate to the pain of a migraine, the disappointment of...
Grave consequences
Credit: University of Konstanz FGM has been officially recognised as a human rights violation by the United Nations since 1992....
Mediterranean-style eating with lean, unprocessed red meat improves heart disease risk
Credit: Purdue University Photo Adopting a Mediterranean-style eating pattern improves heart health, with or without reducing red meat intake, if...
New opportunities for studying the activity of neural networks in real time
Credit: Lobachevsky University During the last decade, neurobiologists's attention has been focused on the study of the functioning of neural...
American College of Rheumatology issues position statement on pharmacovigilance
ATLANTA - The American College of Rheumatology has released a position statement (https://www.rheumatology.org/Portals/0/Files/Pharmacovigilance-Position-Statement.pdf) on pharmacovigilance emphasizin..
UTSA researcher studies the impact religion has on sleep quality
Can a person's religious practices impact their sleep quality? That's the focus of a new study by Christopher Ellison in...
New mechanism by which Alzheimer’s disease spreads through the brain discovered
(Linköping University) The waste-disposal system in a cell can spread harmful protein aggregates between neurons in the brain in Alzheimer's...
Big data identifies lipids as signatures of health and disease
Biology is swaddled in lipids: fats, oils, and even waxes envelop cells and their organelles, mediate the flow of vast...
CVIA special issue on adult congenital heart disease
The new journal Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (CVIA) has just published the first issue of Volume 3. This is a...
Cannabis does not increase suicidal behavior in psychiatric patients: McMaster
Hamilton, ON (June 13, 2018) - McMaster University researchers have found there is no significant association between cannabis use and...
Lentils significantly reduce blood glucose levels, U of G study reveals
Credit: University of Guelph Replacing potatoes or rice with pulses can lower your blood glucose levels by more than 20...
Flipping the switch on itch
Researchers from North Carolina State University have pinpointed a particular neuropeptide associated with transmitting itch signals in mice with atopic...
Indoors positioning using wireless network: accurate and affordable option
Credit: KTU The group of scientists from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania has invented the innovative method for indoor...
Possible marker found to predict long-term learning
(Boston)--For the first time, researchers have discovered a possible biomarker for long term learning. Could this new discovery help reshape...
Diabetes added to high risks for people with severe mental illness
People with severe mental illness are more than twice as likely to have Type 2 diabetes, with even higher risks...
Fat cell filling, ketogenic diet, and the history of biochemistry:
Brown tissue whitening causes cell death, inflammation There's more than one type of fat cell. Besides the white fat that...
MD Anderson, Houston Methodist scientists detect new ovarian cancer target
Researchers at Houston Methodist Research Institute and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a prescription drug,...
Researchers found novel structure in the ‘antennae’ of light-sensing neurons
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine and Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands have...
AHA wwards Cleveland Clinic $3.7 million for atrial fibrillation research
Credit: Cleveland Clinic June 13, 2018, Cleveland: The American Heart Association (AHA) has awarded Cleveland Clinic a $3.7 million grant...
