People with depression have stronger emotional responses to negative memories
Philadelphia, March 6, 2018 - People with major depressive disorder (MDD) feel more negative emotion when remembering painful experiences than ...
BU study: Insurance status affects in-hospital complication rates after total knee arthroplasty
(Boston)-- In-hospital complications following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) are higher among Medicare and Medicaid patients compared to those with private ...
Green spaces in cities help control floods, store carbon
Credit: (Photo: Lauren Jensen) MADISON - For many ecologists, fieldwork involves majestic mountains or rushing rivers or large tracts of ...
Without 46-million-year-old bacteria, turtle ants would need more bite and less armor
Credit: Photo by Jon Sanders. You've probably heard about poop pills, the latest way for humans to get benevolent bacteria ...
Poor mothers face greater scrutiny over their children’s weight
Low-income mothers who use food assistance programs face a high level of surveillance over their children's health and weight, new ...
How thalidomide is effective against cerebral infarction
Credit: Waseda University Notoriously remembered as a major pharmaceutical scandal approximately 60 years ago, thalidomide caused severe birth defects since ...
Enhanced weathering of rocks can help to suck CO2 out of the air — a little
Weathering of huge amounts of tiny rocks could be a means to reduce the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. While ...
Glaciers provide clues to combat desertification
Credit: © KAUST Researchers at KAUST, with colleagues in Italy and Greece, analyzed the bacterial content of the soil forming ...
Fish team up for more food
Credit: Hirokazu Tanaka Cooperative behaviour to acquire food resources has been observed in hunting carnivores and web-building social spiders. Now ...
Impact of climate change on Scottish rivers: Project to protect wild Atlantic salmon
River managers will be able to moderate the impact of climate change on Scotland's rivers and fisheries by using a ...
Untapped gold mine is lost from end-of-life vehicles
Credit: Empa Vast quantities of scarce metals are being lost from Europe's urban mine of vehicles, including 20 tonnes of ...
Stab injury of zebrafish unveils regenerative processes by neural stem cells in the brain
Credit: Waseda University Waseda University researchers recently elucidated the regenerative processes by neural stem cells using a stab injury model ...
Our circadian clock sets the rhythm for our cells’ powerhouses
Credit: (Illustration: University of Basel) Countless genetically controlled clocks tick inside different parts of our bodies, such as the liver, ...
Chlorine bleach is the main ingredient in a toxic cocktail that destroys bacteria
Credit: RUB, Marquard The immune cells douse the bacteria with a toxic cocktail that contains, among other things, chlorine bleach. ...
Preventing exhaustion in immune cells boosts immunotherapy in mice
PITTSBURGH, March 6, 2018 - If you're an immune cell gearing up to fight cancer, you'd better eat your breakfast. ...
Texas A&M chemists use technology to decode language of lipid-protein interaction
Credit: Laganowsky Laboratory, Texas A&M University Technology has a massive impact on our day-to-day lives, right down to the cellular ...
Study advances research in pelvic organ prolapse among women
By measuring the sagging of the vaginal walls in more than a thousand volunteers for up to nine years annually, ...
Study suggests native UK Pine martens are helping to control invasive gray squirrels
Credit: University of Aberdeen AMHERST, Mass. - For many years, populations of a little red squirrel with cute ear tufts, ...
Without 46 million year-old bacteria, turtle ants would need more bite and less armor
Credit: Photo by Jon Sanders. You've probably heard about poop pills, the latest way for humans to get benevolent bacteria ...
Strict eating schedule can lower Huntington disease protein in mice
New research from the University of British Columbia suggests that following a strict eating schedule can help clear away the ...
