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Three brain chemicals affect how we handle uncertainty
Brain chemicals and their role in how we deal with uncertainty. Credit: Edvard Munch and Roland Roberts
New research has revealed how three important brain...
High-fat diet disrupts brain maturation
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The latest study by researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich suggests that excessive consumption of fatty foods could severely...
A new way to image solar cells in 3-D
The Molecular Foundry’s Edward Barnard is part of a team of scientists that developed a new way to see inside solar cells. Credit: Marilyn...
Researchers solve mystery of historic 1952 London fog and current Chinese haze
A fog blanketed London in December 1952, killing as many as 12,000 people and puzzling researchers for decades. Texas A&M researchers believe they have...
Depression rates growing among adolescents, particularly girls
Study shows one in six girls report experiencing an episode of clinical depression over previous year. Image Credit: Flickr/amenclinicsphotos ac
The rate of adolescents reporting...
X-ray laser gets first real-time snapshots of a chemical flipping a biological switch
In a landmark experiment at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, scientists used an X-ray laser to capture the first snapshots of a chemical interaction between...
Acoustic waves move fluids at the nanoscale
Researchers used acoustic waves with a frequency of 20 megaHertz to manipulate fluids, droplets and particles in nanoslits that are 50 to 250 nanometers...
Widespread evidence of prehistoric dairying discovered along the Mediterranean coast
Credit: University of Bristol
An inter-disciplinary team of scientists and archaeologists have discovered widespread evidence of prehistoric milk production in southern Europe.
The study uncovered evidence...
Real men don’t say ‘cute’: Psychologists tap big data and Twitter to analyze the...
What's in a tweet? From gender to education, the words used on social media carry impressions to others. Using publicly available tweets, social psychologists...
Scientists uncover genetic evidence that ‘we are what we eat’
Image Credit: Flickr/Tom Woodward
Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated that the diets of organisms can affect the DNA sequences of their genes.
Researchers...
The mathematics of coffee extraction: Searching for the ideal brew
(a) Espresso coffee is made by forcing hot water under high pressure througha compacted bed of finely ground coffee. (b) Drip filter brewing involves...
