Having a television in the bedroom during the preschool years can lead to mental and physical health problems in adolescence,
Month: March 2019
Shining a Light on Memory
Brains don’t store memories the way computers do, in well-defined chunks of data on a storage medium. In brains, memories
Diet generally improves as adolescents age into young adulthood
Understanding how diet changes over time, particularly during the period from adolescence to young adulthood when individuals often gain independence,
Gene Therapy Shows Initial Promise for Parkinson’s Disease
A delicate operation that involved placing a gene into the brain was found to reduce the severity of motor symptoms
Ankle exoskeleton fits under clothes for potential broad adoption
A new lightweight, low-profile and inexpensive ankle exoskeleton could be widely used among elderly people, those with impaired lower-leg muscle
Squishing blood stem cells could facilitate harvest for transplants
Scientists at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Georgia Tech have found that modulating blood-forming
Larger molecules, fewer traffic jams, faster biomass degradation
Biofuel and biochemical production may soon become ten times faster thanks to research on the breakdown of biomass. Researchers at
How does estrogen protect bones? Unraveling a pathway to menopausal bone loss
Researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and The University of Tokyo find a connection between estrogen and bone
Daily use and high potency cannabis linked to higher rates of psychosis
Daily cannabis use, especially of high potency cannabis, is strongly linked to the risk of developing psychosis, according to a
When neurons are out of shape, antidepressants may not work
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most commonly prescribed medication for major depressive disorder (MDD), yet scientists still do
