Researchers found that individuals who maintain an active jogging habit into their senior years are…
Month: May 2016
Brain picks up the beat of music automatically
A sense of rhythm is a uniquely human characteristic. Music cognition scientists discovered that the…
Difficult decisions involving perception increase activity in brain’s insular cortex, study finds
As the difficulty of making a decision based on sensory evidence increases, activity in the…
Global warming: Spring snow a no-go?
Spring snowpack, relied on by ski resorts and water managers throughout the Western United States,…
New discovery from the molecular machinery for depression and addiction
Researchers have described how a group of the brain’s transport proteins with important roles in…
Astronomers find giant planet around very young star
In contradiction to the long-standing idea that larger planets take longer to form, astronomers have…
Powering up the circadian rhythm
An American research team is the first to discover a protein that controls the strength…
Study identifies risk factors associated with eye abnormalities in infants with presumed Zika virus
Researchers have assessed and identified possible risk factors for ophthalmoscopic (an instrument used to visualize…
Slime mold reveals clues to immune cells’ directional abilities
How white blood cells in our immune systems home in on and engulf bacterial invaders…
Using a model to estimate breast cancer risk in effort to improve prevention
A model developed to estimate the absolute risk of breast cancer suggests that a 30-year-old…