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Seconds-long periods of sleep, known as "microsleep," are common during mundane tasks like driving. While these unintended brain naps can be difficult to control, getting adequate sleep is the key to preventing them. (Cr...

(University of Houston) A University of Houston physicist is out to stretch the limits of the human mind by examining cell signaling in the brain at the precise moment when certain memories are seared into our minds.

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(Washington State University) College students who viewed alcohol advertisements that included objectified images of women were less likely than others to report intentions to intervene in alcohol-facilitated sexual assa...

(University of Vienna) Depression is a disorder that often comes along with strong impairments of social functioning. Until recently, researchers assumed that acute episodes of depression also impair empathy, an essentia...

(Forsyth Institute) The Boston Bruins Hockey team has partnered with the Forsyth Institute to provide custom mouthguards to student athletes at Lynn Classical High School for the spring sports season.

(RIKEN) Neuroscientists at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) and University College London have found an anatomical link between cognitive and perceptual symptoms in autism. Published in the Journal of Neuroscienc...

(Duke-NUS Medical School) Researchers in Singapore have discovered the mechanism behind how neural stem cells in fruit flies are activated to stimulate the generation of new brain cells.

(European Society of Cardiology) The press programme for ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology is revealed today. Journalists are invited to attend late breaking science press conferences and t...

(University of Turku) Scientists in the FinnBrain research project of the University of Turku discovered that the gut microbes of a 2.5-month-old infant are associated with the temperament traits manifested at six months...

(University of Waterloo) Government policy and infrastructure have a substantial impact on hospitalization of older adults, according to a University of Waterloo study.The study examined the experiences of 254,664 patien...

(Henry Ford Health System) Henry Ford Cancer Institute has treated its first patient with CAR T-cell therapy, an approach that uses engineered cells from a patient's immune system to destroy cancer. The altered cells rem...

(Princeton University) Princeton University researchers have developed a new, scalable cell culture system that allows for detailed investigation of how host cells respond to infection with hepatitis B (HBV) and delta vi...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A grant from Major League Baseball allows Michigan Medicine orthopaedic sports medicine researchers to examine throw counts in youth baseball players to prevent adolescent thr...

(Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine ) Mohammed Ranavaya, M.D., J.D., a board-certified specialist in occupational medicine and professor in the department of family and community health at the Marshal...

(Botanical Society of America) Plant root systems play a crucial role in ecosystems, radically impacting everything from nutrient cycling to species composition. Despite their importance, scientists are just beginning to...

(American Institute of Physics) About 90% of cancer deaths are due to metastases, when tumors spread to other vital organs, and a research group recently realized that it's not individual cells but rather distinct cluste...

(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Tumors and certain viral infections pose a challenge to the human body which the immune system typically fails to hand. In these diseases it switches to hypofunctional state that pr...

(NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases) Research supported by the Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) on Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (RA/SLE) provides ne...

(University of Sheffield) Scientists from the University of Sheffield are part of an international collaboration to develop a new class of drugs to treat a common genetic kidney disease which is a major cause of kidney f...

(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers report visual evidence supporting the presence of bacteria within the microarchitecture of the placental tissue.

(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) Autistic adolescents need the support of their parents or guardians to prioritize independence so that they are prepared for learning to drive, according to a study of specialized dr...