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Depressed middle-aged carriers of the APOEe4 Alzheimer's genetic variant are at risk of developing tau accumulations in brain areas associated with emotion and memory.

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Scientists have figured out a way to convert plastic waste into vanilla flavoring with genetically engineered bacteria, according to a new study.

A newly developed cannabidiol capsule can be absorbed by the body faster and penetrate the brain more quickly in mouse models of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis and TBI.

Men's caregiving work within a family may help to protect them against suicide, particularly in times of economic difficulties.

Are ghosts real? Ghost hunters like to believe that ghosts exist, but science and logic are the real ghost busters.

Children who are physically active have higher cognitive function and increased functional connectivity in the brain later in life than those who are less active, a new study reports.

The unusual outbreak involves patients who received spinal surgery this spring.

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A new study paves the way for the development of next generation therapeutics for the prevention and treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), the most frequent cause of healthcare-acquired gastrointestinal ...

Biologists and neuroscientists have published an update on the reputed environmental toxins that have been suspected of being involved in mammal neurodegeneration.

People who are physically active during childhood have higher cognitive functions in later life. Participants who exercised when they were children did better on cognitive tests regardless of their current age. However, ...

Scientists have developed a new technique that could revolutionize medical imaging procedures using light.

In a new study, researchers determined that the common blood pressure medication, losartan, is not effective in reducing hospitalization for mildly-ill COVID-19 outpatients.

A science-based intervention relieved hiccups for 92% of 249 users who self-reported the effectiveness of the tool. =

A farmer living near Ismailia in Egypt has uncovered a 2,600-year-old stela erected by pharaoh Apries, who ruled from about 589 B.C., to 570 B.C.

Working excessive hours has long been thought to increase the risk of depression - but after conducting the largest ever review of research into this area, researchers say there is a surprising lack of evidence supportin...

Professor Konstantin Arutyunov of the HSE Tikhonov Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE), together with Chinese researchers, has developed a graphene-based mechanical resonator, in which coherent emi...

Elephants that lived on the island of Sicily lost more than 85 per cent of their body mass over a period of 350,000 years before going extinct around 19,000 years ago

Physicists analyzed data from the first ever gravitational waves detected to prove Hawking's theory, and think that even more could be discovered from studying the ripples in space-time.

The number of people visiting national parks is on the rise as pandemic restrictions ease, causing longer lines and putting a strain on the environment.

A new study hints that the device works, but more studies are needed to rule out a placebo effect.