Dopamine treatment alleviates symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease
A new way to combat Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by Takaomi Saido and his team at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in...
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People’s moral values change with the seasons
A new UBC study has revealed regular seasonal shifts in people’s moral values.Credit: Evolutionary Social Cognition Laboratory at UBC A new UBC study has revealed...
Researchers reveal atomic-scale details of catalysts’ active sites
The chemical and energy industries depend upon catalysts to drive the reactions used to create their products. Many important reactions use heterogeneous catalysts — meaning...
Concept for efficiency-enhanced noble-metal catalysts
The Objective: Best Possible Catalytic PerformanceCredit: Photo: ITCP, KIT The Objective: Best Possible Catalytic Performance Noble-metal catalysts are used in many processes in the chemical...
Lehigh University researchers dig deeper into stability challenges of nuclear fusion—with mayonnaise
Mayonnaise continues to help researchers better understand the physics behind nuclear fusion.Credit: Lehigh University Mayonnaise continues to help researchers better understand the physics behind nuclear...
Dance with me? Just start ‘bouncing’ to the rhythm of the music
Rome (Italy), August 6, 2024 - At concerts, in stadiums, in nightclubs, or during group dances on the beach, what helps people move to the...
Smallest arm bone in human fossil record sheds light on the dawn of Homo floresiensis
A paper out today in Nature Communications reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island of Flores, including an astonishingly...
Heating for fusion: Why toast plasma when you can microwave it!
Some believe the future of fusion in the U.S. lies in compact, spherical fusion vessels. A smaller tokamak, it is thought, could offer a more economical...
‘Baby talk:’ Decoding how children’s vocal and cognitive cues sway adults
Compared to other mammals, human children are dependent on their caregivers for a remarkably long time. Throughout the ages, they have developed “psychological tactics” to...
Caregiving: Poll reveals who’s providing care and who they’re caring for
More than 1 in 4 people age 50 and older helps take care of at least one family member or friend who has a health...
The variability of ocean weather
Tropical waters are not as thermally stable as once thought. Ocean waters vary widely in temperature over space and time, but the spatial and temporal...
Breakthrough: Natural bacteria compound offers safe skin lightening
Melanin protects the skin—the body's largest organ and a vital component of the immune system—from the damaging effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. When the skin...
UVA engineering professor lands $1.9 million NIH award to maximize biomedical research
University of Virginia assistant engineering professor Liheng Cai has earned the Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award from the National Institutes of Health. His work holds significant implications...
Self-powered pump harnesses light and chemistry to target, capture pollutants
Dartmouth researchers have developed a self-powered pump that uses natural light and chemistry to target and remove specific water pollutants, according to a new report...
Nature’s design marvel: How shark skin’s denticles adapt to wide speed
New findings on how sharks achieve drag reduction could inspire the design of riblets for more efficient aircraft and boats. In their investigation of great...
