This is researcher Nonie Finlayson about to enter the fMRI scanner.
Credit: Ohio State University
We live in a three-dimensional world, but everything we see is first recorded on our retinas in only two dimensions.
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So how does the...
Jeffrey Litt, D.O., assistant professor of surgery at the MU School of Medicine, is lead author of the study.
Credit: Justin Kelley, University of Missouri Health
According to the National Institutes of Health, more than six million cases of chronic wounds...
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have identified a fungus that compromises the immune system of mosquitoes, making them more susceptible to infection with the parasite that causes malaria. Because environmental microorganisms can vary greatly...
A very low calorie diet can rapidly reverse type 2 diabetes in animal models, report scientists.
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In a new study, a Yale-led research team uncovers how a very low calorie diet can rapidly reverse type...
Legend of the image: left: notched raven bone from Zaskalnaya VI Neanderthal site, Crimea. center: experimental notching of a bird bone; right: sequences of experimentally made notches compared to those from Zaskalnaya VI.
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The cognitive abilities of...
Previous studies have suggested that early life stress increases the risk for depression and other psychiatric syndromes, but the neurobiology linking the two has remained elusive until now.
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Early life stress encodes lifelong susceptibility to stress...
"You win some, you lose some." Using the word "you" suggests it could happen to anyone.
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Researchers say it may seem contradictory that a means of generalizing to people at large is used when reflecting...
One hour of physical activity per day could offset health risk of 8 hours of sitting. Image Credit: Flickr/Yuichi Sakuraba
The health risks associated with sitting for eight or more hours a day - whether at work, home or commuting...
The nanofibers we produced are about 200 times thinner than cotton fibers. (a) Commercial sanitary napkins with fiber diameter ~30-40 micrometers; (b) Electrospun nanofiber-based prototype with fiber diameter ~ 200 nm. (Source: Yadav, Shital et al, Applied Materials Today,...
This is the Kissimmee River in central Florida. This ecosystem-scale restoration project began two decades ago and is used as an example in the study.
Credit: South Florida Water Management District
"Resilience" is a buzzword often used in scientific literature to...
Using brain stimulation researchers could increase honest behavior.
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Honesty plays a key role in social and economic life. Without honesty, promises are not kept, contracts are not enforced, taxes remain unpaid. Despite the importance of honesty...
