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We all feel that time goes faster when we're having fun, and drags when we're bored, but there is nothing in physics that describes this effect. So how has our sense of time evolved?

NEAT1, a noncoding RNA appears to play a significant role in memory formation.

Claims about the health benefits of organic foods are often linked to their higher levels of vitamins and antioxidants. Is organic food really better for you? James Wong investigates

A study of high school and college football players suggests that biomarkers in the blood may have potential use in identifying which players are more likely to need a longer recovery time after concussion.

A team of researchers have mapped the crystal structure of a protein called 'mitoNEET' and pinpointed how a drug latches on it.

New research shows how glycoproteins, proteins with added sugar molecules, influence the uptake of protein aggregates that are associated with Parkinson's disease. The researchers also identified a specific presynaptic p...

Christianson Syndrome is a rare disorder whose symptoms include intellectual disability, seizures and difficulty standing or walking. Researchers focusing on the intellectual disability aspect of the disease, have shown ...

Research has found important new ways that the BRCA1 gene functions which could help develop our understanding of the development of ovarian and breast cancers.

Scientists could discern that in people with SLE, signals driving expansion and activation are present at an earlier stage of B cell differentiation than previously appreciated.

Researchers have engineered a strain of non-pathogenic bacteria that can colonize solid tumors in mice and safely deliver potent immunotherapies, acting as a Trojan Horse that treats tumors from within. The therapy led n...

In a new study of 375 adults who have successfully maintained weight loss and who engage in moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity, most reported consistency in the time of day that they exercised, with early m...

New research suggests that some respiratory symptoms may predict an earlier death in older adults. Also, such predictions differ by smoking status.

An optimized version of the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system prevents hearing loss with no detectable off-target effects in so-called Beethoven mice, which carry a mutation that causes profound hearing loss in humans and ...

A particularly aggressive, metastasizing form of cancer, HER2-positive breast cancer, may be treated with nanoscopic particles ''imprinted'' with specific binding sites for the receptor molecule HER2. The selective bindi...

In a world first, scientists have found a new way to direct stem cells to heart tissue. The findings could radically improve the treatment for cardiovascular disease, which causes more than a quarter of all deaths in the...

As antibiotic resistance is growing and posing a threat on public health, developing new antibiotics has become more urgent than ever. Researchers have recently revealed the virulence regulatory mechanism in Pseudomonas ...

Treatment of psychosis can be targeted to a specific genetic mutation in patients with psychotic disorders. The study provides a proof-of-principle demonstration that treatments can be tailored to a specific genotype, ra...

A type of blood pressure lowering medication, called a calcium-channel blocker, may be linked with an increased risk of a type of bowel condition called diverticulosis.

Very little is known about how the onset of puberty is controlled in humans, but the discovery of a new gene in the roundworm C. elegans could be the 'missing link' that determines when it's time to make this juvenile-to...

In the near future, we will be able to mass-produce meat directly from animal cells. This cultured meat could change the world -- or it could falter like GM 'frankenfoods.' Writing in Frontiers in Nutrition, researchers ...

Not all burning mouths are the result of a medical condition known as 'burning mouth syndrome' (BMS) and physicians and researchers need better standards for an appropriate diagnosis, according to new research.

AI can predict people's performance levels at work based on data from their electronic devices. However, there are concerns about how the tech could be used