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Individual stress susceptibility and glucose metabolism are linked to brain function
Chronic stress is a well-known risk factor for the development of psychiatric illnesses including depression disorders. The brain requires a...
VIMS issues annual dead-zone report card for the Chesapeake Bay
Credit: Virginia Institute of Marine Science. An annual model-based report on "dead-zone" conditions in the Chesapeake Bay during 2018 indicates...
Augmented reality may assist cardiologists plan and perform complex procedures
Augmented reality (AR), a technology that superimposes computer-generated information on a user's view of the real world, offers a new...
Digital device overload linked to how first impressions are formed
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Beware, media multitaskers: New research from Rice University researchers has found a link between spending too...
Mucus, cough and chronic lung disease: New discoveries
Credit: Johan Wingborg As a cold ends, a severe mucus cough starts. Sound familiar? Two studies now give explanations: First,...
Spanish-speakers experience barriers when receiving dense breast notifications
Boston--Spanish-speaking women encounter unique challenges when receiving notifications regarding their mammogram results and breast density. The findings, which appear in...
New genetic pathways linked to severe lung disease in preemies
Scientists from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and colleagues identified...
Antibiotic explorers
Credit: None We know that antibiotics treat bacterial infections. We also know why they work. Tetracycline antibiotics, for example, stop...
Researchers make mice lose weight by imitating effects from cold and nicotine
Inspired by some of the effects from winter swimming and smoking, researchers from the University of Copenhagen, among others, have...
Fighting mutant influenza
Another flu season is here, which means another chance for viruses to mutate. Already, most influenza A viruses contain a...
Innovators in medical and surgical eye health to convene in Chicago to advance patient care
CHICAGO - Oct 23, 2018 - Thousands of eye physicians and surgeons this week will convene in Chicago to attend...
Serotonin neurons contribute to fail-safe mechanism that ensures recovery from interrupted breathing
Credit: Dymecki lab/Harvard Medical School Scientists trying to identify the roots of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), the leading cause...
Polymers offer a better view
Credit: © 2018 KAUST Improvements in how samples are prepared will add range and flexibility to a method that detects...
Chemotherapy drug paclitaxel also acts as an immune response modulator
Researchers in Brazil have discovered a new effect of a drug widely used as a chemotherapeutic agent and offered to...
Moving ‘clean meat’ from lab to table
"Clean meat," or meat produced from cultured animal cells, promises enormous benefits for animal welfare and the environment. But to...
Hospitals differ widely in providing safe vaginal delivery after cesarean
Despite the conventional belief that for women giving birth "once a cesarean always a cesarean," vaginal delivery after cesarean --...
Rewilding landscapes can help to solve more than one problem
Credit: Staffan Widstrand/Rewilding Europe Urbanisation, biodiversity loss, climate change: just some of the worldwide problems 'rewilding' - i.e. restoring food...
How to mass produce cell-sized robots
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Tiny robots no bigger than a cell could be mass-produced using a new method developed by researchers...
Perot Museum leaders, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger unveil dinaledi virtual reality App
Credit: Photo by Elen Feuerriegel DALLAS (Oct. 23, 2018) - Ever wondered what it's like to delve deep within a...
Nitrogen study casts doubt on ability of plants to continue absorbing same amounts of CO2
A new study casts doubt as to whether plants will continue to absorb as much carbon dioxide in the future...
