The number of illustrations in storybooks influences children’s word learning
New research shows that the number of illustrations presented in a storybook can influence preschool children's ability to learn words from shared reading. The study...
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APACMed announces partnership with CoRE
Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School The Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed), the only regional trade body for the medical devices, equipment and in vitro diagnostics...
First aid in the brain: When language suddenly fails
Credit: MPI CBS Talking to each other is a complex matter. While chatting we have to recognise single words and phrases out of a flood...
Expecting the worst: People’s perceived morality is biased towards negativity
Researchers from the University of Surrey and University of Milano-Bicocca (Italy) collected data from more than 400 participants on behavioural expectations of people described as...
New series of papers call for a global recovery treatment consensus for stoke patients
The absolute number of people who have a stroke every year; stroke survivors, related deaths, and the overall global burden of stroke is increasing. Neurorehabilitation...
How migrating birds ‘run a marathon,’ burning muscles and organs in long flights
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Migrating birds complete long non-stop flights of many hours for songbirds and days for some shorebirds to reach breeding...
Global warming could result in losses for the European wine industry
Credit: Taylor & Francis and Heatshield Slight increases in temperature in Mediterranean regions from global warming could potentially result in labor, productivity and economic losses...
Research raises antibiotic questions
A James Cook University scientist has warned about the side effects of overusing topical antibiotics, including concerns they're contributing to global antibiotic resistance. The ground-breaki..
Babies born big more likely to become obese as children, study finds
Credit: UVA Health System Infants born with a high birthweight are more likely to become obese as children, a new study from the University of...
Breathing in a new gene therapy to treat pulmonary hypertension
Mount Sinai has partnered with Theragene Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to advance a novel airway-delivered gene therapy for treating pulmonary hypertension (PH), a form of high blood...
Creating music by thought alone
Credit: Photo courtesy of the University of Washington. Neurologists have created a hands-free, thought-controlled musical instrument, which they've recently described in a report in Frontiers..
New analysis of rare Argentinian rat unlocks origin of the largest mammalian genome
Credit: McMaster University HAMILTON, July 12, 2017 -New biological information gleaned from the red vizcacha rat, a native species of Argentina, demonstrates how genomes can...
First aid kit in some living organisms helps fix DNA after lengthy sun exposure
New York | Heidelberg, 12 July 2017 Sunburn in living organisms is caused by ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun damaging the DNA in the...
Between extinction and survival of endangered populations
New York | Heidelberg, 12 July 2017 - Populations of endangered species reach a critical point in their life where they either survive or evolve...
Insight into the immune system
Fundamental new insights into the functioning of the immune system and a new approach to treating autoimmune diseases: these are among the achievements of the...
