A study of retired professional football players by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center has found that their cognitive abilities did not differ significantly from […]
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Study links adoption of electric vehicles to less air pollution and improved health [W[R]C]
Electric vehicles are widely hailed as a key way to mitigate climate change through reduced emissions, but research on the dual benefits of reduced air […]
Possible New Way to Reduce Pain Inspired by Chickens [W[R]C]
Summary: Natural resistance to capsaicin’s effect in birds drove researchers to investigate a specific genetic variant that appears to be associated with pain resistance. They […]
Shining a Light on the Biological Origins of PTSD [W[R]C]
Summary: Study reveals heightened activity in the amygdala in response to seeing surprised or neutral facial expressions could be a biomarker for the risk of […]
New Clues to Sensory Brain Disorders [W[R]C]
Summary: Researchers have identified two distinct processes that are triggered in the brain when a person is exposed to prolonged or repeated sensory input. Sponsored […]
Study Offers Neurological Explanation for How Brains Bias Partisans Against New Information [W[R]C]
Summary: Researchers report that people who share political ideologies have similar neural fingerprints when it comes to political words and process new information similarly. The […]
Entorhinal grid-like codes and time-locked network dynamics: How we navigate through crowds [W[R]C]
Grid cells not only help us navigate our own paths in a complex environment, but also help us analyze the movements of other people, scientists […]
Research team finds brain marker that indicates vulnerability to developing post-traumatic stress disorder [W[R]C]
Understanding one’s susceptibility to developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is important. If you knew you were at risk, for example, you might steer clear of […]
China’s stricter clean heating policies may have saved thousands of lives [W[R]C]
China’s stricter clean heating policies have improved air quality in northern China, particularly in Beijing and surrounding cities—potentially reducing premature deaths due to air pollution […]
Researchers elucidate structure of enigmatic chloroplast protein transport machinery [W[R]C]
Sponsored by The BlogDealer – Health, Fitness and Fat Reduction. Chloroplasts of algae and plants are the cellular engines that convert solar energy into chemical energy through […]