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September 22, 2025

Unless we spot changes, most life experiences are fabricated from memories

Credit: Graphic by Wahlheim/Zacks re-posted with permission from article: 'Memory guides the processing of event changes for older and younger...

New guidelines for treatment and prevention of HIV infection in adults

Credit: UAB Photo The International Antiviral Society-USA Panel has released updated recommendations for the treatment and prevention of HIV infection...

NIH renews NeuroNEXT for neurological clinical research

The Network for Excellence in Neuroscience Clinical Trials, or NeuroNEXT, a research program that helps streamline Phase II clinical trials...

Experts band together to eradicate prostate cancer

Credit: Monash University Monday 23 July, 2018 A team of scientists and clinicians have developed a faster and more accurate...

Ebola virus gene stolen and preserved by myotis bats, study finds

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A gene from the deadly Ebola virus that allows the virus to escape from the human...

Link found between resilience to dyslexia and gray matter in the frontal brain

Dyslexia, a reading disorder, is characterized by a difficulty in "decoding" -- navigating between the visual form and sounds of...

UCLA biologist works to create a new field, merging the sciences and architecture

July 25, 2018

Credit: Roy Wollman How do spaces affect us, and animals? UCLA biologist Noa Pinter-Wollman had the idea that we can...

Center for Infectious Disease Research to join Seattle Children’s Research Institute

Credit: Seattle Children's SEATTLE - July 24, 2018 - After 42 years as the oldest and largest, independent non-profit organization...

Updated recommendations for treating, preventing HIV infection

Bottom Line: A volunteer panel of experts in HIV research and patient care evaluated new data and treatments to update...

Transplanted kidney survives longer

The lifespan of a transplant kidney has significantly improved over the last thirty years. Between 1986 and 1995, 75% of...

Can treatment for depression after a heart attack reduce the long-term risk of another cardiac event

Bottom Line: Depression has been associated with poorer medical outcomes for patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), including heart attack...

Widespread connections among neurons help the brain distinguish smells

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(July 24, 2018) Can you tell the smell of a rose from the scent of a...

Diverse salmon populations enable ‘resource surfing’ bears to eat tons of fish

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Research shows that Kodiak brown bears that sync their stream-to-stream movements to salmon spawning patterns eat longer...

‘Stable marriages’ between microbes, nutrients may explain diverse yet stable communities

Credit: L. Brian Stauffer A mathematical model created by University of Illinois researchers could help scientists better understand an intriguing...

Public support for Endangered Species Act is widespread

Credit: Rolf Peterson, Michigan Tech In the past two years, nearly 150 amendments, bills and riders aimed to weaken the...

Elastic slingshot powers snipefish feeding

Credit: Sarah Longo, UC Davis The snipefish, an ocean-dwelling relative of the seahorse, has a very long, skinny snout ending...

Environmental changes in the Mekong Delta spell trouble for farmers

Credit: Map courtesy of Mic Greenberg URBANA, Ill. - The Mekong Delta is home to 15 million people, many of...

Cell-sized robots can sense their environment

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Researchers at MIT have created what may be the smallest robots yet that can sense their environment,...

TGen-led study shows mutated gene is likely cause of 3-year-old girl’s severe disorder

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- July 23, 2018 -- A young girl with severe neurological symptoms finally has a diagnosis, following the...

Giant neurons in the brain may play similarly giant role in awareness and cognition