Deep brain stimulation (DBS) can greatly reduce the compulsion to use heroin in standard rat…
Month: February 2017
Social biases contribute to challenges for those with autism
Negative first impressions formed by potential social partners may reduce the quality of social experiences…
Gene that protects against inflammatory bowel disease identified
Researchers have identified a gene that protects the gut from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The…
Advanced robotic bat’s flight characteristics simulates the real thing
Researchers have developed a self-contained robotic bat — dubbed Bat Bot (B2) — with soft,…
The Little Algorithm That Could
A heart failure team is using big data to kick-start a project that is working…
Ancient DNA reveals genetic ‘continuity’ between Stone Age, modern populations in East Asia
In contrast to Western Europeans, new research finds contemporary East Asians are genetically much closer…
Millennial generation’s learning preferences in medical education examined
The classroom can reflect its students’ learning preferences, and a study demonstrates evidence of this…
The shape of melting in two dimensions
As part of her team’s research into matter’s tendency to self-organize, a researcher ran a…
Vitamin C may decrease risk of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery
Vitamin C decreased the incidence of post-operative atrial fibrillation (AF) by 44% in cardiac surgery…
Drug combination effective against chikungunya arthritis in mice
Chikungunya virus causes a painful, debilitating arthritis for which there is currently no treatment. A…