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University of Otago: 'A lightbulb can't shine if the cable is broken'
When a light goes out, people often assume the bulb is blown. But what if something has actually happened to its electrical wires? This...
Dec 30, 2024
WashU: Vagus nerve stimulation relieves severe depression
Results of major clinical trial may pave the way to health insurance coverage for treatment-resistant cases. People with severe,...
Dec 30, 2024
RMIT: Blood test could make cancer treatments safer and more effective
Scientists from RMIT University and the Doherty Institute have developed a new blood test that could screen cancer patients to help make...
Dec 30, 2024
Texas A&M: A New Kind Of Resolution: Prioritizing Mental Health In The New Year
Whether the winter brought connection and celebration or the perfect storm for anxiety , depression and other mental health struggles,...
Dec 30, 2024
University Of Technology Sydney: Brain inflammation alters behaviour according to sex
Inflammation in the hippocampus – the brain’s memory centre – significantly alters motivation and behaviour in mice, including...
Dec 30, 2024
JHU: New AI cracks complex engineering problems faster than supercomputers
The shape-shifting technological solution by Johns Hopkins researchers could be a game-changer for engineering designs Modeling how cars...
Dec 10, 2024
Monash University: More than 1.5 million die each year from wild/bush fire pollution
Landscape fires are an increasing environmental and health threat fuelled by climate change. While 221 direct deaths were reported...
Dec 10, 2024
Monash University: Ultra-processed foods associated with faster biological ageing
Eating too much ultra-processed food could speed up the biological ageing process, Monash University-led research has found. Published in...
Dec 10, 2024
Harvard University: Why do gliomas tend to recur in the brain?
First look at the interplay between neurons and tumors sheds light on formation, spread Every week, Harvard Medical School...
Dec 10, 2024
Harvard University: Probe the gut, protect the brain?
In fight against Parkinson’s and other disorders, two-way connection may someday lead to a breakthrough. For Jo Keefe, the trembling...
Dec 10, 2024
Rutgers University: What Are the Benefits of a Cold Plunge?
One of the hottest trends of 2024 is ice cold. Social media influencers are touting ice plunges – the practice of regularly immersing...
Dec 10, 2024
Georgetown University: Research Shows This Smart Money Habit Can Revolutionize Your Personal Finances
This story is a part of our “Ask a Professor” series, in which Georgetown faculty members break down complex issues and use their...
Dec 10, 2024
University of Miami: Battling dementia: Unravelling the mysteries of Alzheimer’s
Noticing the loss of memory in the man who was more like a grandfather to her than a distant relative was the hardest part for Gabriela...
Dec 10, 2024
Vanderbilt University: Vanderbilt researchers find evidence that the hunger hormone leptin can direct neural development in a leptin receptor–independent manner
Oxytocin neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. Oxytocin neurons were labeled by genetically targeting of a...
Dec 10, 2024
University Of Virginia: Q&A: How Does the New Self-Serve HPV Test Work? This Doctor Explains
E arlier this year the Food and Drug Administration approved a new human papillomavirus test that allows for self-collection of samples...
Dec 10, 2024
University of Otago: Young vapers feel judged, stigmatised, and blame themselves for addiction
Adolescents in Aotearoa New Zealand who struggle with vaping addiction feel judged by the adults in their lives, researchers at the...
Dec 10, 2024
Case Western Reserve University: Researchers at Case Western Reserve, Mass Eye and Ear aim to prevent hearing loss by protecting inner-ear cells
Research team awarded five-year, $3.2 million grant from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders With a new...
Dec 10, 2024
Deakin University: We're quick to limit kids' screen time. Parents can also benefit from setting boundaries for themselves.
In many households, screens are part of daily life – from work to entertainment . But for parents, setting boundaries around screens...
Dec 10, 2024
University of Otago: Self-testing acceptable screening method
People are accepting of and prefer self-testing for human papilloma virus (HPV), rather than having a clinician-led cervical smear test,...
Dec 10, 2024
Rice University: Newly designed nanomaterial shows promise as antimicrobial agent
Newly developed halide perovskite nanocrystals (HPNCs) show potential as antimicrobial agents that are stable, effective and easy to...
Nov 26, 2024
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