Using new technologies to track how vision guides foot placement, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin come one
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Culture shapes the brain: How reading changes the way we think
From a research perspective, reading and writing is a fascinating phenomenon. After all, the first writing systems date back less
Continue reading »Age affects how we predict and respond to stress at home
A recent study finds that older adults are better than younger adults at anticipating stressful events at home – but
Continue reading »Leptin’s neural circuit identified—Genome-editing study reveals how hormone helps prevent both obesity and diabetes
Revealing surprising answers to a long-standing enigma about the brain target of the anti-obesity hormone leptin, neuroscientists at Tufts University
Continue reading »How AI is revolutionizing medical science
Walk into Patrick Pilarski’s lab and you immediately notice the robot arms and hands that lay casually on tabletops. You
Continue reading »How to prevent opioid addiction before it begins
USC Viterbi School of Engineering researchers are working to combat opioid addiction before it can begin. Yan Liu, associate professor
Continue reading »How do children develop immunity to malaria as they become older?
Across the world, over 200 million cases of malaria and nearly 500,000 deaths from the disease occur annually—more than 90
Continue reading »How intestinal bacteria can affect your blood sugar and lipid levels
Intestinal bacteria have attracted recent attention since they were discovered to influence various physiological functions and diseases in humans. Researchers
Continue reading »Study finds how fat tissue shunts energy to tumors
Obesity is the second-leading preventable cause of cancer and represents one of the greatest threats to global human health. But
Continue reading »How tumors caused by STD quickly regress in dogs
The canine transmissible venereal tumor is a contagious cancer that has spread by mating among dogs worldwide. One unique feature
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