Daytime sleepiness is very common in the elderly with prevalence rates of up to 50…
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Autism may begin early in brain development
An overload of neural connections typically observed in autistic brains begins early in mammalian development,…
Children exposed to complications at birth at risk of autism, study finds
Children who were exposed to complications shortly before or during birth, including birth asphyxia and…
Air pollution may lead to dementia in older women
Tiny air pollution particles — the type that mainly comes from power plants and automobiles…
Research journey to the center of the Earth
Researchers may be one step closer to solving the mystery at the core of the…
Mechanism for photosynthesis already existed in primeval microbe
A Japanese research team has discovered an evolutionary model for the biological function that creates…
How a bacterial protein’s structure aids biomedical studies
A light-sensing protein from a salt-loving, sulfur-forming microbe has proved key to developing methods essential…
Ultrahigh sensitivity graphene infrared detectors for imaging and spectroscopy
Researcher have developed a novel graphene-based infrared (IR) detector demonstrating record high sensitivity for thermal…
Cell biology: New molecular details about protein sorting in the cell
The targeted incorporation of proteins into the membrane is a vital process for cell maintenance;…
Scientists show how cells communicate
Primary cilia are antenna-like structures that are present on the surface of most cells in…