Scientists uncover new connection between smell and memory
Credit: Afif Aqrabawi TORONTO, ON (Canada) - Neurobiologists at the University of Toronto have identified a mechanism that allows the brain to recreate vivid sensory...
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Depleting microbiome with antibiotics can affect glucose metabolism
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(July 23, 2018) A new study from the Salk Institute has found that mice that have their microbiomes depleted with antibiotics...
How experience changes basics of memory formation
Credit: Brian Wiltgen/UC Davis We know instinctively that our experiences shape the way we learn. If we are highly familiar with a particular task, like...
Study finds flushing water lines protects inconsistently and may increase lead exposure
New Orleans, LA - Research conducted by LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health finds that the current recommendations for running water to flush...
The shape in water: First nanoscale measurements of biomolecule folding in liquid
Credit: NIST Tinkering with a method they helped develop over the last few years, scientists have for the first time measured at the nanometer scale...
Emergency departments can be an effective venue for Hepatitis C virus testing
Boston Medical Center has shown that testing for the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) outside the typical high-risk population can be successfully implemented in an emergency...
A promising approach to translational research on stem cells for Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 23, 2018--A major factor underlying Parkinson's Disease (PD) pathology is the loss of dopamine neurons...
Largest genetic database on Alzheimer’s disease now re-open for business
PHILADELPHIA - The National Institute on Aging Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Data Storage Site (NIAGADS) will begin making large-scale DNA sequence data available to investigators....
Waters Corp. obtains rights to mass spectrometry imaging invented at Purdue University
Waters Corp. (NYSE: WAT), Prosolia Inc. and the Purdue Research Foundation announced Monday (July 23) that Waters acquired exclusive rights to Desorption Electrospray Ionization (DESI)...
Imaging in living cells reveals how ‘junk DNA’ switches on a gene
Credit: Hongtao Chen, Princeton University Researchers have captured video showing how pieces of DNA once thought to be useless can act as on-off switches for...
Breast cancer fuelled by mysterious Yin Yang protein
Credit: Imperial College London Scientists have unveiled clues about a mysterious molecule called Yin Yang1 - and revealed it may fuel tumour growth in breast...
Gene study pinpoints superbug link between people and animals
Scientists have shed light on how a major cause of human and animal disease can jump between species, by studying its genes. The findings reveal...
Study shows how the brain controls food cravings
A newly published study from the University of Waterloo shows that when activity in a specific part of the brain is suppressed, our desire for...
We can feed the world if we change our ways
Current crop yields could provide nutritious food for the projected 2050 global population, but only if we make radical changes to our dietary choices, a...
Discovery reveals how obesity causes disease — and two ways to stop it
Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine explains why obesity causes harmful inflammation that...
