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Over-activity in a single brain region called the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) underlies several key symptoms of mood and anxiety disorders, but an antidepressant only successfully treats some of the sympt...

A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison physicists has identified conditions under which relatively distant atoms communicate with each other in ways that had previously only been seen in atoms closer together--a deve...

This supermassive black hole's spin has been measured for the first time, and it's surprisingly low.

The brain processes motor commands, not just through fine muscle contractions, but also via higher-level motor areas that provide a blueprint for performing more complex motor functions, such as grasping, no matter if th...

Mutations to the MARK4 gene causes the properties of tau to change, making them more likely to aggregate and become more insoluble.

Pigment-dispersing factor, a signalling protein that helps the brain keep track of time, also helps to regulate memory formation.

Those who work in physically demanding jobs have a 55% higher risk of developing dementia than those who have more sedentary careers.

Overactivity in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex underlies several key symptoms of depression, anxiety, and heart disease.

Testing multiple computational models of the nervous system, researchers discover that just because a model can make accurate predictions about data, this doesn't always translate into the underlying logic of the biologi...

The invasive wasp is a threat to honeybees.

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The third wave of the pandemic may be much worse than the first two waves.

Plasmodium falciparum, a malaria-causing parasite, can live undetected in the human bloodstream for months by changing the way its genes are expressed

The continued increase in COVID-19 infection around the world has led scientists from many different fields, including biomedicine, epidemiology, virology, fluid dynamics, aerosol physics, and public policy, to study the...

Squeezing a lot of computing power into robots without using up too much space or energy is a constant battle for their designers. But a new approach that mimics the structure of the human brain could provide a workaroun...

The Japanese government has said it will cut the country's carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, in the latest sign of growing momentum on international climate action

Naked mole rats kidnap each other's babies and turn them into slaves.

A rare, two-headed racer snake turned up in Florida, after being caught by a curious house cat

Bacteria armed with a CRISPR-based weapon that infects other microbes during the bacterial equivalent of sex could help us kill off dangerous antibiotic-resistant superbugs - if regulators approve their use

(University of Barcelona) The lack of some genes in the BEC/TCEAL cluster could be related to some alterations associated with the autism spectrum disorder, according to a preclinical study published in the journal Genom...

(University of Leeds) Scientists have created synthetic soft surfaces with tongue-like textures for the first time using 3D printing, opening new possibilities for testing oral processing properties of food, nutritional ...

(Kumamoto University) Researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan have proposed that cellular senescence variations during the aging process could lead to control of health and onset of age-related diseases. Based on the...