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Our weight tells how we assess food
"It can be considered an instance of 'embodiment' in which our brain interacts with our body". This is the comment...
Two Group A Streptococcus genes linked to ‘flesh-eating’ bacterial infections
Credit: Joshua Leiberman, University of Maryland Baltimore Group A Streptococcus bacteria cause a variety of illnesses that range from mild...
Seven exciting studies on membrane technologies explained
Credit: World Scientific With an increasing demand for clean energy due to environmental concerns, natural gas has emerged as a...
Chronic migraine cases are amplified by jawbone disorder, according to research
In a study, researchers at the University of São Paulo's Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine (FMRP-USP), in Brazil, finds that...
New gene delivery approach could allow long-term persistence in proliferating cells
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Sept. 22, 2017 -- Researchers added a scaffold/matrix attachment region (S/MAR)...
Usher syndrome: Gene therapy restores hearing and balance
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Hearing loss, sometimes associated with other disorders such as balance defects, is the most common sensory...
700 years old saint myth has been proven (almost) true
Scientists confirm that the age and content of an old sack is in accordance with a medieval myth about Saint...
Cornell’s Center for Materials Research’s NSF funding extended, increased
The Cornell Center for Materials Research - which through research and education is enhancing national capabilities in science, technology, engineering,...
HSE scholars measure prestige of fashion models
Beginning models should choose independent magazines in order to be successful in the fashion industry, but they should also keep...
First large scale study of cocaine users leads to breakthrough in drug testing
Scientists from the University of Surrey have developed a rapid and highly sensitive fingerprint test that can take just seconds...
Multi-gene test predicts Alzheimer’s better than APOE E4 alone
A new test that combines the effects of more than two dozen genetic variants, most associated by themselves with only...
Crowning the ‘King of the Crops’: Sequencing the white Guinea yam genome
Credit: Creative Commons by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Licensed with CC BY NC 2.0 An international collaboration involving the...
Rainbow colors reveal cell history
(Technische Universität Dresden) Dr. Nikolay Ninov, group leader at the DFG research center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Cluster of Excellence...
Fires in Australia pop up in places already burned
Credit: NOAA/NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Fires that span across the Northern Territory and Western Australia...
Assembly of nanoparticles proceeds like a zipper
Credit: Dr. Nonappa and Ville Liljeström It has always been the Holy Grail of materials science to describe and control...
NYU dentistry study pinpoints role of proteins that produce pearls
Pearls are among nature's most beautiful creations, and have been treasured for countless centuries. Beneath one's iridescent surface lies a...
Leopoldina Annual Assembly focuses on genome editing issues
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina today opened its 2017 Annual Assembly in Halle (Saale), with this year's theme...
UCI scientists identify important aspect of the brain’s navigational system
The ability to successfully navigate in the environment is essential both for animals searching for food or escaping predators, as...
Breathing dirty air may harm kidneys
Outdoor air pollution has long been linked to major health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, asthma and chronic...
Alternative splicing, an important mechanism for cancer
Barcelona, 21 September 2017 - Cancer, which is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, arises from the disruption...
