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Patients with OCD are 10 times more likely to commit suicide
Patients with OCD are 10 times more likely to commit suicide, contrary to what was previously thought. In a new study from Karolinska Institutet...
Same genes could make us prone to both happiness and depression
The same genes that make us prone to depression could also make us prone to positivity, two psychology researchers have suggested.
Professors Elaine Fox, from...
For ancient deep-sea plankton, a long decline before extinction
A slab of rock from a study site in Nevada harbors many specimens of Metabolograptus extraordinarius, a shallow-water graptolite species, which together with some...
Long-awaited breakthrough in the reconstruction of warm climate phases
Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have overcome a seeming weakness of global climate models. They...
Hormone therapy for postmenopausal brain performance has no effect, whether started early or late
A study led by a scientist at the Stanford University School of Medicine shows that hormone therapy has a negligible effect on verbal memory and...
Scientists pinpoint a neural center of resilience
Why some people handle stress better than others is a question that has fascinated scientists for decades. Now a Yale-led team reports that flexible...
Cave discoveries shed new light on Native and European religious encounters in the Americas
Cave discoveries. Credit: University of Leicester
A project led by archaeologists from the British Museum and the University of Leicester has discovered remarkable evidence which...
Study Points to Fast-Acting Drug for OCD
A genetically altered mouse that excessively washes its face shows an imbalance in brain activity involved in compulsive behavior. Cells responsible for driving particular...
Malaria: A genetically attenuated parasite induces an immune response
This is an Anopheles stephensi infected by Plasmodium berghei.Credit: Institut Pasteur
With nearly 3.2 billion people currently at risk of contracting malaria, scientists from the...
Smallest hard disk to date writes information atom by atom
STM scan (96 nm wide, 126 nm tall) of the 1 kB memory, written to a section of Feynman's lecture There's Plenty of Room...
Exploring superconducting properties of 3-D printed parts
This is the selective laser melting process in action.Credit: Image courtesy of Tim Sercombe/University of Western Australia
3-D printing is revolutionizing many areas of manufacturing...
