Happy or unhappy? The brain may know
Recently, a study found that people with different happiness levels have different spontaneous brain activities when they were at rest. The findings provide insights into the relationship between...
View ArticleIntensive treatment for type 1 diabetes associated with decreased risk of death
After an average of 27 years’ follow-up of patients with type 1 diabetes, 6.5 years of initial intensive diabetes therapy was associated with a modestly lower all-cause rate of death, compared with...
View ArticleScottish study finds substantially shorter life expectancy for patients with...
For patients with type 1 diabetes in Scotland, at age 20 years, the average man has an estimated life expectancy loss of about 11 years; for women, it is 13 years, compared with the general Scottish...
View ArticleTherapy can trick prostate tumors into reversing resistance
A strategy called bipolar androgen therapy can potentially help treat and, in some cases, reverse resistance in prostate cancer. Promising results from a pilot study could offer hope to patients with...
View ArticleTreating buffalo for one infection helps spread another
Ridding individuals of parasitic worms, or helminths, may have unexpected negative consequences at the population level, researchers say. This finding is important, considering that large-scale...
View ArticleComputer solves limit Texas Hold’em poker
Michael Bowling and colleagues have created a computer program that can weakly “solve” the two-handed poker game Limit Texas Hold’em. In this case, solve means that the program has computed a strategy...
View ArticleAs soft, long-lasting neural implant
A new neural implant with the soft, flexible mechanical properties of dura mater -- the protective membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord -- integrates seamlessly with the rat’s central...
View ArticleHow good gut microbes resist inflammation
Many of our helpful gut microbes may survive inflammation by making one simple switch to their protective coats, according to a new study by T.W. Cullen and colleagues. When harmful microbes like...
View ArticleUCLA study IDs two genes that boost risk for post-traumatic stress disorder
Why do some people develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while others who suffered the same ordeal do not? A new UCLA discovery may shed light on the answer.
View ArticleBest job performance comes from match between first and later work...
What's better for an employee's long-term success: starting off at a company when the good times are rolling? Or, when money is tight?
View ArticleNon-monetary energy conservation incentives
A study finds that people informed about the environmental and health consequences of electricity production reduce energy usage to a greater extent than do people informed about the cost savings...
View ArticleBrain effects of late second language learning
Individuals who learned English as a second language in an immersive setting beginning around age 10 displayed greater structural integrity in some language-associated white matter tracts of the brain...
View ArticleClimate change mitigation potential of urban centers
The structure of urban centers may influence the rate at which energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions increase in the coming decades, according to a study in the Industrial Ecology: The Role...
View ArticleBrain effects of products containing bisphenol S/A
A study in zebrafish suggests that prenatal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) or to a related chemical used in some BPA-free products may have measurable effects on brain development and behavior. A...
View ArticleCosmic ices and astrochemical evolution
Interstellar ices, found in abundance in the dense molecular clouds from which stars and planetary systems form, may evolve into key intermediates needed for life to take root on a lifeless planet,...
View ArticleClimate models and Greenland meltwater release
Climate models may overestimate meltwater discharge from the Greenland Ice Sheet if they fail to account for water storage beneath the ice, a study suggests. Every summer, melt-prone areas on the...
View ArticleInfant napping and memory
Napping in infancy might orchestrate memory consolidation, a study suggests. Human infants spend large portions of their days napping, but few studies have uncovered evidence for a causal relationship...
View ArticleUnderstanding mass mortality events
Sudden, massive die-offs of some animal populations may be on the rise, and appear to be linked to rising incidence of disease, biotoxicity, and multiple interacting stressors, according to a study....
View ArticleAlso of interest from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
An analysis of survey responses from 56,019 residents of the London Metropolitan area to questions about life satisfaction and personality traits suggests that an individual’s level of life...
View Article12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake: landslides and work by the Wenchuan...
Two papers in the latest online postings for Geology cover the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan, China, earthquake. One, an open access article, reports the work of the Wenchuan Earthquake Fault Scientific...
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