The violent and sexual media you consume during the day may infiltrate your dreams at…
Month: November 2016
New technology aims to make photovoltaic cells 70% more efficient
A technology has been developed that could improve the efficiency of photovoltaic cells by nearly…
Smoke + hot temperatures = increased SIDS risk
Researchers are a step closer to understanding why cigarette smoke exposure during pregnancy may increase…
Study explores how immune system functions during sleep
Researchers have found new insights into sleep’s importance to overall health: it may give the…
Technology lights the way for quantum computing
Researchers have developed scalable, electrically driven photon sources to drive powerful quantum technologies, outlines a…
Depression during pregnancy is associated with abnormal brain structure in children
Depressive symptoms in women during and after pregnancy are associated with reduced thickness of the…
Scientists devise more accurate system for predicting risks of new chemical products
A new structural alert system could reduce years and millions of dollars from bringing a…
Following a healthy lifestyle can greatly reduce genetic heart attack risk
It is well known that following a healthy lifestyle — not smoking, avoiding excess weight…
What can Google tell us about ‘the memory web’ in the brain?
Associations are a key memory mechanism – to remember personal experiences like meeting a person…
For First Nations people, effects of European contact are recorded in the genome
A study of the genomes of 25 individuals who lived 1,000 to 6,000 years ago…