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What free will looks like in the brain
Johns Hopkins University researchers are the first to glimpse the human brain making a purely voluntary decision to act. Unlike...
New method predicts who will respond to lithium therapy
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (March 20, 2017) For roughly one-third of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder, lithium is...
Biogerontology Research Foundation trustee to keynote at the Digital…
Credit: Digital Health World Congress Friday, November 24th, 2017, London, UK: The Biogerontology Research Foundation is pleased to announce that...
Yoga and meditation improve mind-body health and stress resilience
Many people report positive health effects from practicing yoga and meditation, and experience both mental and physical benefits from these...
Light exposure in the evening improves performance in the final spurt
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health Athletes often have to compete late in the evening, when...
Jaguar scat study suggests restricted movement in areas of conservation importance in Mesoamerica
Credit: © Panthera-ICF A research group led by the American Museum of Natural History and global wild cat conservation organization...
New supercomputer simulations enhance understanding of protein motion and function
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 23, 2015–Supercomputing simulations at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could change how researchers...
How CD44s gives brain cancer a survival advantage
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Understanding the mechanisms that give cancer cells the ability to survive and grow opens the...
Study finds stark increase in opioid-related admissions, deaths in…
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – Since 2009, hospital intensive care units have witnessed a stark increase in...
Female fish like males who sing
Credit: The University of Gothenburg Noisier seas seem to hamper fish reproduction. A new doctoral thesis from the University of...
How females store sperm
Credit: Image courtesy of the Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University. The science of breeding chickens has revealed part...
OU study demonstrates seasonality of bird migration in response to environmental cues
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma study demonstrates for the first time that remote sensing data from weather...
$1.7M grant to UNC School of Medicine to fund program streamlining Afib care &…
Credit: UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Sept. 29, 2017 – UNC School of Medicine cardiologist Anil Gehi,...
Winter sets up breeding success: Study
Credit: Stéphanie Doucet For migratory birds, breeding grounds are where the action is. But a new study by University of...
MERS-like coronavirus identified in Ugandan bat
Credit: Kirsten Gilardi, UC Davis A team of researchers in the United States and Uganda has identified a novel coronavirus...
More brain activity is not always better when it comes to memory and…
Credit: the University of Nottingham Potential new ways of understanding the cause of cognitive impairments, such as problems with memory...
IU study finds fly growth mimics cancer cells, creating new tool in…
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Scientists who study a molecule known to play a role in certain types of...
2016 winners of FASEB BioArt competition announced
Credit: FASEB BioArt winners Michael Shen, Jasmine Temple, Leslie Mitchell, Nick Phillips, James Chuang, Jiarui Wang, and Jef Boeke The...
Could a diabetes drug be used for Motor Neurone Disease?
Credit: Lancaster University Could a diabetes drug be used for Motor Neurone Disease? A diabetes drug could one day be...
Size matters for marine protected areas designed to aid coral
Credit: Credit: Cody Clements, Georgia Tech For marine protected areas established to help coral reefs recover from overfishing, size really...
