To make judgements about an unknown sensory stimulus based on prior knowledge is a basic decision process, called perceptual decision-making. The posterior parietal cortex (PPC),...
The World Economic Forum has announced the introduction of a Space Sustainability Rating (SSR) system to help tackle the problem of space traffic and congestion...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Long-term stress has been linked with cardiovascular disease, but for people with depression, researchers say small, everyday stressors may be enough...
An association between hospitals' openness and mortality rates has been demonstrated for the first time in a study among 137 acute trusts in England, published...
Credit: ITP The Tibetan Plateau, as Earth's "Third Pole," was reported to be first occupied by modern humans probably armed with blade technology as early...
Beneficiaries were treated by Medicare providers committing fraud and abuse and later banned from receiving Medicare reimbursements A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...
Credit: ZHU Maoyan The Cambrian Explosion around 540 million years ago was a key event in the evolutionary history of life. But what exactly controlled...
Suggests new pilot studyCredit: Cherry Marketing Institute LANSING, Mich. May 7, 2019 - Montmorency tart cherries reduced systolic blood pressure, insulin levels and insulin concentrations...
Credit: Marco Prosch An international team led by IGB is providing one of the first proofs of the complex learning behaviour of fish in a...
BioOne honors five early career authors who best communicate the importance and impact of their specialized research to the public. BioOne honors five early career...
Differences in the shape and biology of nerve cells in the retina and macula reveal a metabolic response critical to the eye's defence against disease...
Credit: Christophe Royon LAWRENCE -- With a recent three-year, $1.4 million grant from NASA, a research team from the University of Kansas will help design...
Credit: Ahmed Gaballa, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - While sifting through the bacterial genome of salmonella, Cornell University food scientists discovered mcr-9, a new stealthy,...
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A discovery opens the possibility of one day restoring loss of vision by activating the retina's ability to regenerate. Researchers...
BioBits Health brings hands-on, low-cost, high-tech synthetic biology into the classroomCredit: Claire Barclay EVANSTON, Ill. -- How can high school students learn about a technology...
