Who benefits from brain training and why?
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- If you are skilled at playing puzzles on your smartphone or tablet, what does it say about how fast you learn new...
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The greening ashore
A team led by evolutionary biologist Prof. Dr. Sven Gould of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has been studying the current state of research on...
National poll: Some parents skip steps to minimize firework risks to kids
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – As communities prepare for Fourth of July festivities, some parents may be overlooking burn and injury risks for children, a new...
Chinese Medical Journal review explores the role of macrophages in the progression of acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a condition in which kidneys are unable to filter waste from the blood effectively, leading to various health complications. Numerous...
Scientists conceptualize a species ‘stock market’ to put a price tag on actions posing risks to biodiversity
So far, science has described more than 2 million species, and millions more await discovery. While species have value in themselves, many also deliver important...
More digging needed to see whether bones of fallen Waterloo soldiers were sold as fertilizer, as few human remains have ever been found
Were the bones of fallen Battle of Waterloo soldiers sold as fertilizer?Credit: Jan Willem Pieneman La bataille de Waterloo (1824, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) de Jan Willem...
UMass Lowell leader honored as a champion of entrepreneurship education
Media contacts:Credit: Richard Pasley for UMass Lowell Media contacts: Emily Gowdey-Backus, [email protected] Nancy Cicco, [email protected] UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney has been honored for...
Electrons take the fast and slow lanes at the same time
Imagine a road with two lanes in each direction. One lane is for slow cars, and the other is for fast ones. For electrons moving...
Scientists serendipitously discover rare cluster compound
Scientists at Kyoto University’s Institute for Cell-Material Sciences have discovered a novel cluster compound that could prove useful as a catalyst. Compounds, called polyoxometalates, contain...
Rethinking the rabies vaccine
LA JOLLA—Rabies virus kills a shocking 59,000 people each year, many of them children. Some victims, especially kids, don't realize they've been exposed until it...
UCI neuroscientists create maps of the brain after traumatic brain injury
Irvine, Calif., June 17, 2022 – Scientists from the University of California, Irvine have discovered that an injury to one part of the brain changes...
Dutch Research Council NWO Stevin Prize for expert on Parkinson’s disease Bas Bloem
Neurologist Bas Bloem of Radboud university medical center receives this year’s Stevin Prize of the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The Stevin Award is the highest...
Integrated tool allows better tracking of clinical trial metrics
Before new treatments can reach the clinic, they must be tested in clinical trials to see if they are safe and effective. Trials that do...
Researcher awarded $100,000 to identify potential fuel source on Mars
Associate professor Vincent Chevrier at the U of A Center for Space and Planetary Sciences was awarded $100,000 to study the stability and distribution of...
Neurons and glia collaborate to drive neural regeneration following brain injury
One of the most devastating aspects of stroke and traumatic brain injury is that the neurons we lose are never replaced. This means that depending...
