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Credit: Kobe University Genetic analyses have revealed remarkably higher species diversity in common red seaweed than previously assumed. It was thought that there were only...

Be aware of potential complications following tongue-tie surgery in babies

Credit: University of Otago Complications following a procedure to treat tongue-tie in babies are occurring that can result in admission to hospital, something a University...

Development of magneto-optic effect measurement device using dual-comb spectroscopy

New tools for polarization and spectroscopic measurement and material developmentBlock diagram of Faraday effect measurement system using dual-comb spectroscopy. Professor Kaoru Minoshima from the University...

MU researchers describe catatonia in Down syndrome

First longitudinal study highlights positive responses to established catatonia therapiesCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Down syndrome, due to an extra chromosome 21, occurs...

‘Face blindness’ may involve a failed brain network, and could shed light on autism

Study of 44 people with prosopagnosia after stroke details brain areas involved in face processing; new work will investigate face processing in an autism-related conditionCredit:...

Anal cancer rates and mortality have risen dramatically among Americans

Credit: UTHealth Rates of new anal cancer diagnoses and deaths related to human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted infection, have increased dramatically over...

Exoplanet axis study boosts hopes of complex life, just not next door

Credit: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope "They're out there," goes a saying about extraterrestrials. It would seem more likely to be true in light of a...

Scientists develop a new method to detect light in the brain

Researchers from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, University of Salento, and Harvard Medical School have developed a new light-based method to capture and pinpoint the epicenter...

Ayahuasca compound changes brainwaves to vivid ‘waking-dream’ state

Credit: Imperial College London, Chris Timmermann Scientists have peered inside the brain to show how taking DMT affects human consciousness by significantly altering the brain's...

Trash talk hurts, even when it comes from a robot

Discouraging words from machines impair human game playCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH--Trash talking has a long and colorful history of flustering game opponents, and now...

Cannabis found not to be a substitute for opioids

No evidence to suggest cannabis helps patients stop using opioidsCredit: McMaster University (2018) HAMILTON, ON (Nov. 19, 2019) - There has been interest in cannabis...

Virtual ‘moonwalk’ for science reveals distortions in spatial memory

Credit: MPI CBS In order to remember where important events happened, or how to get from A to B, our brains form mental "maps" of...

UMass Amherst food scientist receives Nils Foss award in Denmark

Distinguished professor globally respected for groundbreaking researchCredit: FOSS University of Massachusetts Amherst Distinguished Professor David Julian McClements was honored Monday in Hillerød, Denmark, with the...

NASA finds light rain in fading tropical depression fengshen

Credit: Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL A NASA analysis of rainfall rates shows that the once mighty Fengshen is now a depression devoid of heavy rainfall. On Nov....

Researchers create swarms of tiny robots to attack and remove blood clots