Specific neurons that map memories now identified in the human brain
An important aspect of human memory is our ability to evoke specific moments from the wide range of experiences that have occurred in a given …
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Cancer patients more at risk of dying from heart disease or stroke
More than one in ten patients do not die from their cancer but from heart and vascular problems, according to a new study published today in the…
Tracking The Fundamentals of Thermodynamic
Since the end of the 19th century, physicists have known that the transfer of energy from one body to another is associated with entropy. It qui…
Scientists identify harmful bacteria based on DNA at very low cost
A new bacterial identification method, called ON-rep-seq, examines the strain-specific selective fragments of the bacterial genome, enabling the…
Old chewing gum gives insight into people and bacteria from the past
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have successfully extracted a complete human genome from thousands of years of chewing gum. According…
Oblivion can depend on the time of day
Don't you remember something? Try to wait later in the day. Researchers have identified a gene in mice that seems to influence memory recall a…
ESO observations reveal breakfast of black holes at cosmic dawn
Astronomers using ESO's very large telescope have observed fresh gas tanks around some of the earliest galaxies in the Universe. These gaseous h…
A little-known protein seems to play an important role in obesity and metabolic diseases
With unexpected discoveries on a protein highly expressed in adipose tissue, scientists at Scripps Research have opened the door to new critical…
By targeting the flu-facilitating protein, the antibody can protect against large strains
A national team of researchers has discovered an antibody that protects mice against a wide range of life-threatening influenza viruses, advanci…
Discovering a new fundamental physical underwater force
A team of mathematicians from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Brown University have discovered a new phenomenon that generat…
Viral HIV Vaccine Provides Lasting Protection Against the Death Star Strain
Among HIV researchers, an apparently indestructible strain of HIV has earned the nickname "Death Star". This is due to the strain'…
Overall time on the social media is not related to teen anxiety and depression
The amount of time that young people spend on social networks has increased by 62.5 percent since 2012 and continues to grow. Last year, an aver…
Neutrons optimize highly efficient catalyst for a more environmentally friendly approach to biofuel synthesis
Researchers at the University of Manchester have developed a catalyst that converts biomass into fuel with remarkably high efficiency and offers…
New study looks at biological enzymes as a source of hydrogen fuel
Davis has conducted research from the University of Illinois and the University of California that has brought chemists one step closer to recon…
Type 2 diabetes remission possible with 'attainable' weight loss
People who achieve 10% or more weight loss in the first five years after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes have the greatest chance of seeing…
Technology identifies T cells sensitized to specific allergies or infections
When your immune system is exposed to a vaccine, an allergen, or an infectious microbe, subsets of T cells that can recognize a foreign intruder…
Acute Leukemia Patients Treated With Common Therapies Are Increased Risk For Heart Failure
Patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) or acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treated with anthracyclines are at increased risk of heart fa…