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Bad cold? If you’re lonely, it may feel worse
A Rice University-led study showed people who feel lonely are likely to report more severe symptoms from the common cold.
Credit: Illustration by Valentina Gonzalez/Rice...
Finding faces in a crowd: Context is key when looking for small things in...
An automated face detection method developed at Carnegie Mellon University enables computers to recognize faces in images at a variety of scales, including tiny...
Aging: Cell coordination breakdown
A new EMBL-EBI study reveals that aging causes cell coordination breakdown.
Credit: Spencer Phillips, The European Bioinformatics Institute
Researchers from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), University...
Brain’s ‘GPS’ does a lot more than just navigate
Rats were trained to depress a lever and then release it when the sound reached a certain frequency.
Credit: Illustration by Julia Kuhl
The part of...
Triple-threat cancer-fighting polymer capsules for guided drug delivery
This guided drug delivery system targets solid tumors.
Credit: UAB
These multilayer capsules show three traits that have been difficult to achieve in a single entity....
NIH funding helps generate private-sector patents
In a study of 365,000 NIH grants — nearly every NIH grant awarded for 27 years — researchers found that 31 percent produce articles...
Fluctuation in the concentration of calcium ions contributes to brain shape
These are thelial cells undergoing a shape change in Xenopus laevis embryo.
Credit: Makoto Suzuki
The first step in shaping the brain is that the neural...
Blind tadpoles learn visually with eyes grafted onto tail, neurotransmitter drug treatment
Blind tadpoles with eyes grafted onto their tails were able to process visual information after being treated with a small molecule neurotransmitter drug.
Credit: Allen...
Mosquitoes wing it: New research shows how
Culex mosquitoes exhibit unusual aerodynamic mechanisms. Streamlines (red) show a vortex along the trailing edge that gives the insects a boost in lift force.
Credit:...
Melting sea ice may lead to more life in the sea
Melt ponds cover vast areas in the Arctic.
Credit: Heidi Louise Sørensen/SDU
When spring arrives in the Arctic, both snow and sea ice melt, forming melt...
Sculpting optical microstructures with slight changes in chemistry
Researchers used a new framework to grow sophisticated optical microcomponents, including trumpet-shaped assemblages that operate as waveguides.
Credit: Wim L. Noorduin/Harvard University
In 2013, materials scientists...
