Higher education associated with reduced heart failure risk after myocardial infarction
Higher education is associated with a reduced risk of developing heart failure after a heart attack, reports a study in more than 70,000 patients...
Discovery may lead to a treatment to slow Parkinson’s disease
Primary hippocampal neurons from mice express G2019S-LRRK2. The neurons were treated with alpha-synuclein fibrils, and 18 days later immunofluorescence was performed. The magenta shows...
Abnormalities found in ‘insight’ areas of the brain in anorexia
Insight may be impaired in people where connections between areas of the brain involved in conflict detection are abnormal. Credit: UIC
Abnormalities in brain regions involved...
Chimpanzees who travel are more frequent tool users
Chimpanzees who travel are more frequent tool users, according to new findings from the University of Neuchâtel and the University of Geneva, Switzerland, to...
Ancient rocks reveal how Earth recovered from mass extinction
Analysis of rocks unearthed in Oman that were formed in an ancient ocean around the time of Earth's greatest mass extinction have helped explain...
MIT scientists find weird quantum effects, even over hundreds of miles
MIT physicists have found that subatomic particles called neutrinos can be in superposition, without individual identities, when traveling hundreds of miles, and not just...
Not Really Starless at Saturn
Saturn's main rings, along with its and moons, are much brighter than most stars. As a result, much shorter exposure times (10 milliseconds, in...
ALS research suggests stem cells be ‘aged’ to speed progress toward finding treatments
Cedars-Sinai scientists are seeking to build an improved stem-cell model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to accelerate progress toward a cure for the devastating...
2016 climate trends continue to break records
Chunks of sea ice, melt ponds and open water are all seen in this image captured at an altitude of 1,500 feet by the...
Eating healthy fats in place of carbs or saturated fats improves risk factors for...
Eating more unsaturated fats, especially polyunsaturated fats, in place of either dietary carbohydrate or saturated fats lowers blood sugar levels and improves insulin resistance...
X marks the spot at the center of the Milky Way galaxy
Image of the Milky Way taken by the WISE space telescope. The circle is centred on the galaxy’s central region, while the inset shows...
