One way chronic stress appears to cause depression is by increasing levels of a protein in the brain that decreases the availability of an important chemical that regulates our mood, scientists report.
Sep 13, 2016
During the first year of life, the human brain doubles in size, and continues expanding through adolescence.
Sep 12, 2016
This November, several states will vote whether to legalize marijuana use, joining more than 20 states that already allow some form of cannabis use.
Sep 12, 2016
A novel activity tracker has been developed that uses heart rate data to personalise the amount of exercise needed to reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.
Aug 27, 2016
Smartphone speech recognition software gets a bad rap. Most users find the nascent technology to be frustratingly slow, and there are entire blogs dedicated to documenting examples of its biggest – and sometimes hilarious – mistakes.
Aug 26, 2016
Aug 24, 2016
Today, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced a $110 million award to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and 18 partner institutions to…
Aug 23, 2016
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today (Aug 22) permitted marketing of two new devices to assess a patient’s cognitive function immediately after a suspected brain injury or concussion.
Aug 23, 2016
Meiosis is the way new life is made, Two rounds of cell division is its aim; This is how information is conveyed, Ensuring pairs of chromosomes remain.
Aug 18, 2016
Aug 18, 2016
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have taken a big step toward the laboratory re-creation of the “RNA world,” which is generally believed to have preceded modern life forms based on DNA and proteins.
Aug 16, 2016
Two years after Medicaid coverage was expanded under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in their states, low-income adults in Kentucky and Arkansas received more…
Aug 8, 2016
According to a study carried out at the University of Helsinki, an infection of the root tip of a tooth increases the risk of coronary artery disease, even if the infection is symptomless.
Aug 2, 2016
On Monday, sport divers on the M/V Fling, diving in the Gulf of Mexico 100 miles offshore of Texas and Louisiana, were stunned to find green, hazy water, huge…
Aug 1, 2016
