How visual attention selects important information
Credit: Satoshi Shioiri Researchers at Tohoku University have revealed multiple functions of visual attention, the process of selecting important information ...
Mild cognitive impairment patients take about 3 medications for concomittant diseases
Researchers from 20 European centres of the European Alzheimer's Disease Consortium (EADC) studied 880 Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) patients (375 ...
Tiny super magnets could be the future of drug delivery
Credit: Elsevier B.V Microscopic crystals could soon be zipping drugs around your body, taking them to diseased organs. In the ...
Unique book on nutrigenomics explores the interplay of genes, diet and health
Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Oslo have published a unique textbook on nutrigenomics, an ...
Fetal movement proved to be essential for neuron development in rats
A newborn rat's brain development stage is close to that of a human embryo in the second half of pregnancy, ...
Study reveals 82 percent of the core ecological processes are now affected by climate change
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Most studies of global climate change attempt to predict what might happen to the ...
Insilico Medicine launches a deep learned biomarker of aging, Aging.AI 2.0 for testing
Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, November 14, 2016, Baltimore, MD - Today, Insilico Medicine, Inc., a company applying latest advances in ...
Oxidative stress induces senescence in cultured RPE cell
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of worldwide blindness in the elderly. It is a bilateral ocular condition ...
Long-term use of opioid patches common among persons with Alzheimer’s disease
Approximately seven per cent of persons with Alzheimer's disease use strong pain medicines, opioids, for non-cancer pain for a period ...
Endocrine cells in the brain influence the optimization of behavior
A person exposed to stress can usually rapidly adapt the own behavior to the specific situation. Biochemical messenger substances in ...
Solid-phase extraction of ibuprofen from pharmaceuticals
Credit: Dr. Michal Klivický et al., Bentham Science Publishers The content of active ingredients in pharmaceuticals is mostly assessed by ...
Enrollment completed for RE-DUAL PCI™ study of 2,700 atrial fibrillation patients
(WHITECOAT STRATEGIES, LLC) The Baim Institute announces that patient enrollment into the international Phase IIIb RE-DUAL PCI™ study is complete. ...
$1.8 million grant funds digestive disease research in El Paso
Credit: Photo by Brian Wancho EL PASO, Texas -- Co-principal investigators Richard McCallum, M.D., and Irene Sarosiek, M.D., have received ...
Insect vector feeding recognized by machine learning
Credit: PROMark Yokoyama / Flickr (CCBY) Scientists have used machine learning algorithms to teach computers to recognize the insect feeding ...
When fish come to school, kids get hooked on science
Credit: David Schmelick and Deirdre Hammer/JHU A program that brings live fish into classrooms to teach the fundamentals of biology ...
Production of seedless fruits an underestimated tool for improving food security
Production of seedless fruits an under-estimated tool for improving food security, research shows The opportunity to produce bountiful levels of ...
Meteorites reveal lasting drought on Mars
(University of Stirling) The lack of liquid water on the surface of Mars today has been demonstrated by new evidence ...
Energy storage system of tomorrow tested for the first time in Lake Constance
After several years' research work, the StEnSea project (Stored Energy in the Sea) funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic ...
‘Back to the Future’ inspires solar nanotech-powered clothing
Credit: UCF Marty McFly's self-lacing Nikes in Back to the Future Part II inspired a UCF scientist who has developed ...
First observations of tongue deformation of plasma based upon the Artsimovich Prediction
Loading video... Credit: Katsumi Ida Aiming for the achievement of fusion energy, research on confining a high temperature, high density ...
