1. Catheter ablation superior to standard drug therapy for heart failure A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials found that catheter
Month: December 2018
How socioeconomic status shapes developing brains
IMAGE: Main effects of SES on global and local anatomy, after controlling for age and sex. (A) Standardized effect size of
Breast cancer drug impairs brain function
IMAGE: Letrozole (20 μg/day, p.o.) exerts sex-specific reduction in thermoregulation during thermal challenge. (A) Facial temperature was measured via thermal camera
New global migration estimates show rates steady since 1990, high return migration
IMAGE: Estimated global migration flows by region from 2010 to 2015. Numbers indicate millions of people. Credit: Azose and Raftery, PNAS,
Researchers use ‘blacklist’ computing concept as novel way to streamline genetic analysis
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and The Rockefeller University have discovered a new use for
Hotter days will boost Chinese residential electric use
IMAGE: A chart from the paper shows how residential electrical use sharply spikes upward once the temperature reaches about 23 Celcius
Trees’ enemies help tropical forests maintain their biodiversity
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Scientists have long struggled to explain how tropical forests can maintain their staggering diversity of trees without
Pitt-led research describes how neurons could disconnect from each other in Huntington’s disease
A hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases like Huntington’s is the progressive death of nerve cells in the brain. The cells don’t
Brain activity predicts fear of pain
IMAGE: The model performance (r, MSE) characterizes the strength of relationship between true and predicted labels. Condition and region weights show
Communication interception can be traced through meteor trails
IMAGE: Meteor burst communication (Russian legend). Credit: Kazan Federal University The paper appeared in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. Meteor
