Don’t be surprised at holiday parties if you can remember someone’s name but not their face. Despite what many believe,
Category: Health
Scientists decode mechanism of remembering — and forgetting — in fruit flies
It’s a common expression to say that your brain is full. Although the brain doesn’t literally fill up, in recent
Pulsed radiofrequency relieves acute back pain and sciatica
A minimally invasive procedure in which pulses of energy from a probe are applied directly to nerve roots near the
Obesity Boosts Childhood Asthma Risk by 30 Percent
The wheezy lung disease asthma is yet one more problem linked to excess weight in childhood, a new study suggests.
Photonic radiation sensors survive huge doses undamaged
Photonic sensors such as the one pictured here transmit information with light instead of electric currents. Recently, NIST scientists tested
Early detection of epilepsy in children possible with deep learning computer science technique
Early detection of the most common form of epilepsy in children is possible through “deep learning,” a new machine learning
Single-cell asymmetries control how groups of cells form 3D shapes together
Scientists have developed a mathematical model showing that two types of cellular asymmetry, or ‘polarity’, govern the shaping of cells
Insight into the brain’s hidden depths: Scientists develop minimally invasive probe
This could be a major step towards a better understanding of the functions of deeply hidden brain compartments, such as
U.S. Autism Rate Rises to 1 in 40 Children: Report
A new government study finds that roughly 1 in 40 American children has autism, a huge jump from the previous
How changing labs revealed a chemical reaction key to cataract formation
IMAGE: When damaged by oxidative stress or UV light, an eye lens protein called gamma-crystallin, can begin to aggregate, forming the
