Walnuts may support sperm health, according to new animal research
Credit: California Walnut Commission FOLSOM, Calif., Feb. 28, 2017 – New animal research suggests eating a walnut-enriched diet may improve...
Are patients sufficiently shielded against stray radiation during CT…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 21, 2017–Radiation exposure during diagnostic imaging such as computed tomography...
Strathclyde professor receives RSE Royal Medal from Her Majesty the…
Credit: Gary Doak Photography, courtesy of the RSE. A University of Strathclyde Professor has received a prestigious award from the...
Born to love superheroes
Credit: Kyoto University Japan — We recognize justice before we can talk, reports a research team in Nature Human Behaviour....
How does brain functional connectivity change from the awake to unconscious state?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 8, 2017–A new study examined how brain functional connectivity patterns...
Simple tasks don’t test brain’s true complexity
Credit: Xaq Pitkow/Dora Angelaki The human brain naturally makes its best guess when making a decision, and studying those guesses...
Top performance thanks to optimal settings
Credit: Photo: KIT/Markus Breig Participants in the hardest bicycle races in the world, such as the Race Across America (4800...
The upside of worrying
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Worry – it does a body good. And, the mind as well. A new...
Tufts researchers uncover possible source of genetic error causing…
Credit: Melody Ko/Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (December 5, 2016)–Tufts University researchers have discovered a possible explanation for the occurrence of...
Menopause triggers metabolic changes in brain that may promote Alzheimer’s
Credit: WCM Menopause causes metabolic changes in the brain that may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a team from...
Synaptic disorder
Credit: (Picture: Peter Heimann) Motor neurons are the nerves that send impulses to the muscles to generate movement. Damage of...
Children’s sleep quality is related to mothers’ insomnia…
Children more often sleep poorly if their mothers suffer from insomnia symptoms. This report researchers from the University of Basel...
Does payer type — commercial insurance or Medicare —…
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute In a first-of-its-kind national study, researchers from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice...
The story of the Elephant Man re-told in an immersive Whitechapel audio tour app
Credit: Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum The story of Joseph Merrick, the so-called 'Elephant Man', takes centre stage in...
Physician fine-tuning mouse model for rare condition in which HPV…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 25, 2016) – Infection with the common human papillomavirus can result in a rare...
University of Louisville lab helps discover new disease that causes…
Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Researchers at the University of Louisville were part of a group that discovered...
Vision symptoms following concussion limit a child’s ability to return to the…
Credit: UAB News BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A comprehensive vision assessment should be part of return-to-learn protocols to help determine when...
Tulane University awarded $12 million to create Lassa vaccine and…
Credit: (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University more than $12 million to test...
Scientists prove how genetics change behavior by studying worms’…
Credit: Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at The Rockefeller University/Nature "Organisms pay attention to what other members of their...
WSU portable smartphone laboratory detects cancer
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone...
