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What causes the brain’s emotional hub to switch to negative states?
Tucked into the temporal lobe, near the base of our brain, sits a small, almond-shaped region called the amygdala that...
Students without disabilities achieve the same academic results with or without classmates with disabilities in Poland, with implications for the future development of inclusive education
Students without disabilities achieve the same academic results with or without classmates with disabilities in Poland, with implications for the...
Women earn less than men overall, but the gender pay gap is smaller in occupations with a higher ratio of male employees, according to study of over 6,000 Germans
Women earn less than men overall, but the gender pay gap is smaller in occupations with a higher ratio of...
Imaging solves mystery of how large HIV protein functions to form infectious virus
LA JOLLA—(July 6, 2022) Understanding how HIV replicates within cells is key for developing new therapies that could help nearly...
Even in the most pristine coral reefs, microplastics are pervasive
Even in the most pristine coral reefs, microplastics are pervasiveCredit: Catherine Sheila, Pexels, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Even in the most pristine...
Methodist Hospital of Southern California joins Keck Medicine of USC as USC Arcadia Hospital
LOS ANGELES — Keck Medicine of USC announces that Methodist Hospital of Southern California in Arcadia is now part of...
‘Supergene’ wreaks havoc in a genome
The human genome is littered with “selfish genetic elements,” which do not seem to benefit their hosts, but instead seek...
CSU researchers create tool to evaluate water use for responsibly sourced gas operations
Colorado State University engineers have partnered with third-party assessor Project Canary to develop a method for measuring freshwater usage by natural gas...
Case solved: The biosynthesis of strychnine elucidated
Many of us know strychnine from crime reports, novels or films. Agatha Christie had several of her victims die of...
Honeycomb maze reveals role of hippocampus in navigation decisions
Researchers at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at University College London have discovered that the hippocampus creates a vector-based representation to...
Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Openwater Form collaboration
(LOS ANGELES) – The Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) has formally signed a collaborative agreement with San Francisco-based Openwater....
WVU researchers won’t hit snooze on mattress recycling needs
After years of use, mattresses and the wood, metal and textiles that compose them are eventually discarded into landfills, creating...
Shedding new light on coral Black Band Disease
UNC-Chapel Hill biologists examine the links between microbial mats and a type of coral disease that has become an urgent...
Skin Ageing & Challenges 2022: Recent Advances and Perspectives will be organized in Lisbon, Portugal this November
The 13th Annual Meeting on Skin Challenges 2022 will take place during 2 days: November 17 & 18. November 16...
Photorhabdus luminescens – a true all-rounder: Insect pathogenic bacterium also helps to combat fungal infestation
Future food shortages are expected to become exacerbated in many parts of the world. With this in view, sustainable biological...
How bilingual brains work: Cross-language interplay and an integrated lexicon
An international team of researchers led by scientists from the HSE University have examined the interplay of languages in the...
Physicists work to shrink microchips with first one-dimensional helium model system
Physicists at Indiana University and the University of Tennessee have cracked the code to making microchips smaller, and the key...
Hospital readmissions for asthma on the rise among children
Hospital readmissions for asthma are increasing among children, according to a new study, highlighting the gaps in health care for...
How scientist tested the effect of multicolor lighting on improving people’s psychological state
As missions for deep space exploration and space habitats are put on the agenda, astronauts need to withstand being tested...
Lab-grown “mini-kidneys” unlock secrets of a rare disease
Researchers have solved a medical mystery in a poorly understood disease by uncovering which cells cause tumours in patients with...
