A team of researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Month: December 2020
COVID-19 severity affected by proportion of antibodies targeting crucial viral protein
COVID-19 antibodies preferentially target a different part of the virus in mild cases of COVID-19 than they do in severe
Astrocytes eat connections to maintain plasticity in adult brains
Developing brains constantly sprout new neuronal connections called synapses as they learn and remember. Important connections—the ones that are repeatedly
Ukraine virus cases top one million
Ukraine’s coronavirus caseload passed the one million mark on Thursday as the post-Soviet country’s underfunded healthcare system struggles to contain
Researchers publish study on health effects and citizen resistance during the lockdown
The University of Alicante Public Health Research Group has just published the results of a study on the challenges of
Should pregnant women get the COVID-19 vaccine? An immunologist answers 3 questions
This week, I was vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer mRNA vaccine, which brought to mind some frequently asked questions
Love and hate in the mouse brain
Mounting behavior, that awkward thrusting motion dogs sometimes do against your leg, is usually associated with sexual arousal in animals,
Can’t draw a mental picture? Aphantasia causes blind spots in the mind’s eye
If you were asked to draw a picture of your grandparents’ living room from memory, could you do it? For
Researchers aim to advance understanding of Alzheimer’s disease progression
University of Maryland (UMD) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) researchers are working together to develop a new
Eavesdropping on the pH levels inside the brain
Researchers at Tohoku University have developed the first all-in-one miniature pH probe for real-time investigations of intrinsic extracellular pH
