Sign language users have better reaction times and peripheral vision
This study provides evidence that losing one of your five senses enhances the others.
Credit: Flickr/Bert Heymans
People who use British Sign Language (BSL) have better...
Psychotherapy normalizes the brain in social phobia
In the marked brain region the thickness of the cerebral cortex decreased after psychotherapy.Credit: UZH
Anxiety in social situations is not a rare problem: Around...
Machine learning method accurately predicts metallic defects
For the first time, researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have built and trained machine learning algorithms to predict defect behavior...
Smarter MRI diagnosis with nano MRI lamp
Detection of cancer metastasis using Nano MRI Lamp. (a) MMP-2 represented by little scissors is an enzyme that cleaves the extracellular matrix and allows...
Hard shell, healthy kernel: Nuts can inhibit the growth of cancer cells
According to a new study, nuts have a positive effect on health because, among other things, they are involved in activating the body's own...
How carnivorous plants acquired a taste for meat
Cephalotus follicularis, the Australian pitcher plant. Photographed here in its native range in Western Australia, this carnivorous plant evolved to digest insects through a...
Scientists find clue to why Zika, but not its close relatives, causes birth defects
(Left to right) Research Associate Audrey Richard, Associate Professor Hyeryun Choe and Research Associate Byoung-Shik Shim led the study on the Florida campus of...
Mimicking nature’s cellular architectures via 3D printing
Close up image of one node of the triangular honeycomb. The structure, which consists of air surrounded by ceramic, can be designed with specific...
Gene therapy restores hearing in deaf mice, down to a whisper
Unaffected mice, at left, have sensory hair bundles organized in 'V' formations with three rows of cilia (bottom left). This orderly structure falls apart...
Genomes in flux: New study reveals hidden dynamics of bird and mammal DNA evolution
Evolution is often thought of as a gradual remodeling of the genome, the genetic blueprints for building an organism. But in some instance it...
‘Mirror game’ test could secure early detection of schizophrenia, study shows
Image showing brain areas more active in controls than in schizophrenia patients during a working memory task during a fMRI study.Image Credit: Wikimedia
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