Keck Hospital of USC named a 2022 Top Performer by Vizient, Inc.
LOS ANGELES – Keck Hospital of USC has been recognized as a top performer in the 2022 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Ranking by...
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Unraveling the reward behavior: mechanisms underlying the dopamine signaling pathway
One part of the basal ganglia, known as the nucleus accumbens (NAc), is composed of medium spiny neurons (MSNs). The MSNs, in which the dopamine...
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation announces winners of 2022 Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced that two extraordinary mental health advocates – dedicated to serving people disadvantaged by structural racism and a...
Improving wearable medical sensors with ultrathin mesh
On-skin medical sensors and wearable health devices are important health care tools that must be incredibly flexible and ultrathin so they can move with the...
Milky Way’s graveyard of dead stars found
The first map of the ‘galactic underworld’ – a chart of the corpses of once massive suns that have since collapsed into black holes and...
New light for shaping electron beams
A new technique that combines electron microscopy and laser technology enables programmable, arbitrary shaping of electron beams. It can potentially be used for optimizing electron...
More exercise, less screen time linked to better executive function in toddlers, study finds
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study explored whether adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for diet and physical activity had any relationship with toddlers’...
NTU Singapore scientists’ discovery of the structure of a key part of our chromosomes could improve understanding of how humans age and develop cancer
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have mapped out the molecular structure of a key part of our chromosomes called telomeres, which play...
What goes on in the brain when it gets too hot?
“It was pretty incredible, actually. The whole brain lit up,” said Anna Andreassen, a PhD candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).Credit: Photo:...
Carl H. June is recipient of inaugural Maria I. New International Prize for Biomedical Research
New York, NY (September 29, 2022) – The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will award its inaugural 2022 Maria I. New International Prize...
Webb reveals a galaxy sparkling with the universe’s oldest star clusters
TORONTO, ON, CANADA (September 29, 2022) – Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers from the CAnadian NIRISS Unbiased Cluster Survey (CANUCS) team have...
Unreliable neurons improve brain functionalities
The brain is composed of millions of billions of neurons which communicate with each other. Each neuron collects its many inputs and transmits a spike...
A rapid, highly sensitive method to measure SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been shown to be an excellent means of understanding the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in communities. It is now used in multiple...
In a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers at Juntendo University unravel a biomolecule that mitigates eczema in mice
One of the characteristics of AD is the disruption of the outermost layer of the skin: the epidermal barrier. Inside the cells that line this...
DryEyeRhythm: A reliable, valid, and non-invasive app to assess dry eye disease
Dry eye disease (DED) is a condition characterized by an array of different symptoms, including dryness, ocular discomfort, fatigue, and visual disturbances. This condition has...
