Simple tasks don’t test brain’s true complexity
Credit: Xaq Pitkow/Dora Angelaki The human brain naturally makes its best guess when making a decision, and studying those guesses can be very revealing about...
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Top performance thanks to optimal settings
Credit: Photo: KIT/Markus Breig Participants in the hardest bicycle races in the world, such as the Race Across America (4800 km), the Race Around Austria...
The upside of worrying
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Worry – it does a body good. And, the mind as well. A new paper by Kate Sweeny, psychology...
A surprizing finding shines new light on the largest group of human…
Credit: Frank Schmitges et al. Toronto scientists have discovered that the largest group of human proteins, which work as genome gatekeepers to control gene activity,...
Scientists reveal role for lysosome transport in Alzheimer’s disease progression
Credit: Gowrishankar et al., 2017 Researchers from Yale University School of Medicine have discovered that defects in the transport of lysosomes within neurons promote the...
Ecotourism: Loving animals to death?
Credit: Springer Watching wildlife can make more money for more people than killing it. But the planet is becoming ever-more crowded with humans and there...
Tufts researchers uncover possible source of genetic error causing…
Credit: Melody Ko/Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (December 5, 2016)–Tufts University researchers have discovered a possible explanation for the occurrence of a genetic error that causes...
Menopause triggers metabolic changes in brain that may promote Alzheimer’s
Credit: WCM Menopause causes metabolic changes in the brain that may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a team from Weill Cornell Medicine and the...
Synaptic disorder
Credit: (Picture: Peter Heimann) Motor neurons are the nerves that send impulses to the muscles to generate movement. Damage of these neurons can cause very...
Blood pressure medicine may improve conversational skills of…
IMAGE: University of Missouri researchers have found that a medication commonly used to treat high blood pressure and irregular heartbeats may have the potential to...
After decades of clean up attempts, world’s lakes still suffer from phosphorus…
Leading scientists warn: Phosphorus pollution is a major concern. We need to speed up recovery treatments of lakes – or accept poor freshwater quality. In...
Satellites, airport visibility readings shed light on troops’ exposure to air pollution
Credit: NASA Using data from NASA satellites and airport visibility sensors, Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers and colleagues are extending an approach used to study air...
Children’s sleep quality is related to mothers’ insomnia…
Children more often sleep poorly if their mothers suffer from insomnia symptoms. This report researchers from the University of Basel and the University of Warwick...
Does payer type — commercial insurance or Medicare —…
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute In a first-of-its-kind national study, researchers from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice examined the connection between payer...
The story of the Elephant Man re-told in an immersive Whitechapel audio tour app
Credit: Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum The story of Joseph Merrick, the so-called 'Elephant Man', takes centre stage in a new audio tour of...
