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When it comes to brain computing, timing is everything. It's how neurons wire up into circuits. It's how these circuits process highly complex data, leading to actions that can mean life or death. It's how our brains can...

The placebo effect combined with dopamine levels can determine whether symptoms of depression and social anxiety will improve in patients prescribed SSRI antidepressants. Researchers found the positive effect of the medi...

An international team of physicists is proposing an addition to dark matter theory. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the group is suggesting that dark matter came from regular matter and t...

Transgenic three-banded panther worms are helping researchers uncover vital clues about regeneration.

Increased ceramide levels in the brain may be a unique feature of all types of Lewy body dementias, including LBD associated with Parkinson's disease.

People who reported more sedentary behavior as a result of the COVID lockdowns were more likely to develop symptoms of depression and anxiety than those who maintained a more active lifestyle.

Sharing happy, positive stories increases feelings of closeness and brain synchrony between narrator and listener more than sharing sad stories, a new study reports.

Combining neuroimaging and artificial intelligence, researchers identified novel brain signatures unique to the response of each antidepressant.

Repeatedly listening to personally meaningful music induced brain plasticity and improved cognitive function for patients with mild cognitive impairment and early-stage Alzheimer's disease.

To get a great night's sleep it helps to know how sleep affects the brain

The waves allow for vital glimpses of objects that don't produce much light.

If you're wondering do basements need a dehumidifier, we've got the answer for you here.

We know they can be a pain, but can wisdom teeth grow back?

The city, built by the son of Genghis Khan, was once thought to be about one-tenth as big as it actually was

What are the different types of exercise bike? Let's look at the most popular bikes for the home and gym

A team of physicists and engineers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) successfully demonstrated the feasibility of low-cost and high-performance radio frequency modules for qubit controls at room tem...

Fish use sharks as scrub brushes by pushing up against the sea predator's scaly bodies to get rid of parasites and other irritants.

Humanity shaped the world at the expense of many species, which were driven to extinction through our activities. How would Earth be different if modern humans never existed?

The NASA Insight lander has measured the frequency of shallow marsquakes and found they are more common when it is summer in Mars's northern hemisphere

Using data generated from patients and mice with genetic mutation for the disorder Usher syndrome, researchers documented the natural history of vision impairment in patients and identified the cell mechanism behind prog...

New research suggests there may someday be a role for ibuprofen in providing older adults with lasting immunity against RSV, a virus commonly associated with infants and young kids that also rivals the flu as a dangerous...

Exposure in utero to a drug used to prevent miscarriage can lead to an increased risk of developing cancer, according to researchers.