Despite their small brains — ravens are just as clever as chimps
Credit: Photo: Helena Osvath / Lund University A study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden shows that ravens are as clever as chimpanzees,...
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Study may explain gene’s role in major psychiatric disorders
A new study shows the death of newborn brain cells may be linked to a genetic risk factor for five major psychiatric diseases, and at...
Who gets hooked on drugs? Rat study finds genetic markers that influence addiction
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Why does one person who tries cocaine get addicted, while another might use it and then leave it alone? Why do...
Scientists establish first map of the sea lion brain
Rio is a California sea lion who can solve IQ tests that many people have trouble passing. In fact, she is so smart that scientists...
Tiny microscopes reveal hidden role of nervous system cells
LA JOLLA–(April 28, 2016) A microscope about the size of a penny is giving scientists a new window into the everyday activity of cells within...
Salts in the brain control our sleep-wake cycle
Danish research is behind a new epoch-making discovery, which may prove decisive to future brain research. The level of salts in the brain plays a...
Scientists map brain’s ‘thesaurus’ to help decode inner thoughts
What if a map of the brain could help us decode people's inner thoughts? Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have taken a step...
Clay nanotube-biopolymer composite scaffolds for tissue engineering
The fabrication of a prototype tissue having functional properties close to the natural ones is crucial for effective transplantation. Tissue engineering scaffolds are typically used...
Making precision medicine a reality: Genomics researchers unveil road map to disease origin
Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences TUCSON, Ariz. – Researchers are one step closer to understanding the genetic and biological basis of diseases like cancer,...
Making precision medicine a reality: Genomics researchers find road map to disease origin
Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences TUCSON, Ariz. – Researchers are one step closer to understanding the genetic and biological basis of diseases like cancer,...
Exposure to particulate air pollutants associated with numerous cancers
Researchers have found that long-term exposure to environmental pollutants was associated with increased risk of mortality for many types of cancer in an elderly Hong...
Exposure to particulate air pollutants associated with numerous types of cancer
In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published a series of monographs on the evaluation of various carcinogenic risks. In a monograph...
Fiber optic biosensor-integrated microfluidic chip to detect glucose levels
Credit: Dr. A. P. Zhang and team, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University WASHINGTON – Insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia are two well-known culprits behind diabetes, both...
New gene testing technology finds cancer risks ‘hiding in plain sight’
A research team led by an award-winning genomicist at Western University has developed a new method for identifying mutations and prioritizing variants in breast and...
A long-noncoding RNA regulates repair of DNA breaks in triple-negative breast cancer cells
PHILADELPHIA – The discovery of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) has dramatically changed the understanding of the biology of diseases such as cancer. The human genome...
