Volunteers are in better health than non-volunteers
A new study shows that volunteering is associated with better employment and health outcomes.Image credit: Flickr/Matthew Kenwrick
Researchers of Ghent University analysed data on volunteering,...
Zika virus also may have harmful heart effects, research shows in first report in...
Zika also may have serious effects on the heart, new research shows in the first study to report cardiovascular complications related to this virus,...
Brain hardwired to respond to others’ itching
Itching is a highly contagious behavior. When we see someone scratch, we're likely to scratch, too. New research from the Washington University Center for...
Machine learning writes songs that elicits emotions from its listeners
This is a Brain Music EEG headset.Credit: Osaka University
Music, more than any art, is a beautiful mix of science and emotion. It follows a...
Unhealthy diets linked to more than 400,000 cardiovascular deaths
Vegetables at the market Assorted vegetables at a market.Credit: copyright American Heart Association
Eating a diet lacking in healthy foods and/or high in unhealthy foods...
Single atom memory: The world’s smallest storage medium
A holmium (Ho) and a iron (Fe) atom placed on a MgO substrate are the components for the world's smallest memory device. Ho is...
Brain is ten times more active than previously measured
UCLA scientists discovered that dendrites (shown here in green) are not just passive conduits for electrical currents between neurons.Credit: Shelley Halpain/UC San Diego
A new...
New material helps record data with light
The way of how the light with different wavelengths influences on a MOF crystal: different types of excitons are showed in red and blue...
The researchers discovered an unexpected link between cancer and autism
SHANK regulates adhesion and protrusion in very different cell types: cancer cells and neurons. Image taken by Dr Guillaume Jacquemet reveals the distinct morphologies...
How much sun is good for our health?
Vitamin D deficiency is linked in adults to a higher risk of suffering from various diseases. Since very few foods contain this vitamin, its...
Could fast radio bursts be powering alien probes?
An artist's illustration of a light-sail powered by a radio beam (red) generated on the surface of a planet. The leakage from such beams...
