Keep calm and don your video glasses
Music may soothe the soul, but it takes video to calm a patient undergoing medical treatment, notes a study in which individuals watched television shows or movies through special video glasses while...
View ArticleLow literacy about health insurance and the Affordable Care Act
According to a study, Americans may not be well-prepared to make informed decisions about health insurance options under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA provides a market...
View ArticleOlive production in a warming climate
A study predicts that a 1.8 °C average temperature increase in the Mediterranean Basin could increase profits from olive production by as much as 41% in some regions, while decreasing profits by as...
View ArticleFish heart development and the Deepwater Horizon spill
Oil spills, such as the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill, may cause heart defects in developing fish embryos, according to a study. Some of the 4 million barrels of oil released from the Deepwater Horizon...
View ArticleLong-term benefits of physical activity to bone size and strength
Physical exercise may promote increases in bone mass, size, and strength that are retained to some degree throughout life, and these increases may be retained longer in those who continue to exercise...
View ArticleFish behavior and dam navigation
A fish's perception of water flow patterns and perceived changes in the patterns may determine how it navigates dams, according to a study. Dam designs often include structures to safely assist...
View ArticleMechanisms of facial recognition
A study suggests that face recognition is carried out by brain mechanisms specialized for faces, and that a different set of mechanisms may be used to process other objects that an individual has...
View ArticleBrain regions associated with impulse to drink water
A brain imaging study of 20 humans during water drinking reveals brain regions that may be involved in the drive to drink water when thirsty or to stop when thirst is quenched. Individuals commonly...
View ArticleImproving accuracy of large dataset analysis
A study finds that a dataset analysis technique incorporating cross-validation may be able to identify patterns in multidimensional datasets in fields ranging from bioinformatics to linguistics....
View ArticleOptogenetic tool sheds light on fly social behavior
An automated technique for precisely controlling behavior and neural activity in freely moving fruit flies can enable researchers to systematically map social memory circuits in the brain, according...
View ArticleFighting life-threatening infections
A protein that stimulates the body's innate immune system successfully protected mice from bacterial pneumonia and meningitis, according to a study.
View ArticleAlso of interest from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Ultrasound imaging of nursing infants reveals that the tongue's motion against the nipple and areola is periodic, suggesting that milk is not extracted by peristaltic motion of the tongue, but rather...
View ArticleComplex brain functional network connection after stroke
Complex brain functional network connection after stroke
View ArticleAutophagy in the initial stage is unrelated to the composition of beclin 1...
Autophagy in the initial stage is unrelated to the composition of beclin 1 complex
View ArticleLipid rafts participate in the renewal of brain neurons in Alzheimer’s disease
Lipid rafts participate in the renewal of brain neurons in Alzheimer’s disease
View ArticleDab2: How to attenuates brain injury due to Alzheimer's disease？
Dab2: How to attenuates brain injury due to Alzheimer's disease？
View ArticleA non-invasive, rapid screening method for Alzheimer’s disease
A non-invasive, rapid screening method for Alzheimer’s disease
View ArticleProtein imprinted with cyclodextrin pseudo-polyrotaxanes as pseudo-supports
Protein molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) have been prepared with cyclodextrin pseudo-polyrotaxanes (CD-PPRs) as pseudo-supports, acrylamide as the monomer and N,N-methylene bisacrylamide as the...
View ArticleProgress of image registration method based on minimally invasivespinal...
Surgical robot, have gotten fast development. Meanwhile, the accuracy and stability of robot assisted surgery have been widely recognized by medical and industrial circle as well as patients. Shenyang...
View ArticleTreatment helps reduce risk of esophagus disorder progressing to cancer
Among patients with the condition known as Barrett esophagus, treatment of abnormal cells with radiofrequency ablation (use of heat applied through an endoscope to destroy cells) resulted in a reduced...
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