Training your brain using neurofeedback
2014-01-21
Training your brain using neurofeedback
A new brain-imaging technique for a true brain workout
A new brain-imaging technique enables people to 'watch' their own brain activity in real time and to control or adjust function in pre-determined brain regions. The study from ...
New study finds mistimed sleep disrupts rhythms of genes in humans
2014-01-21
New study finds mistimed sleep disrupts rhythms of genes in humans
A new study from the University of Surrey, published today in the journal PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), found that the daily rhythms of our genes are disrupted when sleep times shift.
Researchers ...
Hospital water taps contaminated with bacteria
2014-01-21
Hospital water taps contaminated with bacteria
Additional research needed to uncover how water contamination threatens patient safety
New research finds significantly higher levels of infectious pathogens in water from faucet taps with aerators ...
Frog fathers don't mind dropping off their tadpoles in cannibal-infested pools
2014-01-21
Frog fathers don't mind dropping off their tadpoles in cannibal-infested pools
Male dyeing poison frogs make seemingly strange parental decisions in depositing tadpoles in not-so-safe havens
Given a choice, male dyeing poison frogs snub empty pools in favor of ones ...
Novel nanotherapy breakthrough may help reduce recurrent heart attacks and stroke
2014-01-21
Novel nanotherapy breakthrough may help reduce recurrent heart attacks and stroke
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai designs HDL nanoparticle to deliver statin medication inside inflamed blood vessels to prevent repeat ...
Different sponge species have highly specific, stable microbiomes, MBL team reports
2014-01-21
Different sponge species have highly specific, stable microbiomes, MBL team reports
WOODS HOLE, Mass. —The sea sponge is about as simple as an animal can get, but its associated bacterial community—its microbiome —is known to approach the complexity of the diverse ...
British Muslims with diabetes need more healthcare support during Ramadan
2014-01-21
British Muslims with diabetes need more healthcare support during Ramadan
British Muslims with diabetes may avoid attending GP surgeries to discuss fasting during the holy month of Ramadan with potentially serious consequences for their future health, ...
Cocaine users enjoy social interactions less
2014-01-21
Cocaine users enjoy social interactions less
In Europe as well as worldwide, cocaine is the second most frequently used drug after cannabis. Chronic cocaine users display worse memory performance, concentration difficulties, and attentional deficits but also ...
Depression higher than previously reported in people with severe rheumatoid arthritis
2014-01-21
Depression higher than previously reported in people with severe rheumatoid arthritis
Levels of depression and anxiety in people with severe rheumatoid arthritis are higher than previously reported, according to new research
Levels of depression ...
Researchers discover an epigenetic lesion in the hippocampus of Alzheimer's
2014-01-21
Researchers discover an epigenetic lesion in the hippocampus of Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease can reach epidemic range in the coming decades, by the increasing average age of society.
There are two key issues for Alzheimer's disease: ...
Large-scale HPV self-testing proves effective for screening cervical cancer
2014-01-21
Large-scale HPV self-testing proves effective for screening cervical cancer
Self-testing for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) – the virus that causes cervical cancer – is as effective at detecting cancer as a conventional smear test (cytology screening) ...
The scientific explanation of why beer overflows
2014-01-21
The scientific explanation of why beer overflows
This news release is available in Spanish. Scientists at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid reveal the physical phenomenon that explains beer's rapid transformation from a liquid to a foamy state as the result of an impact. ...
Infectious diseases experts issue guidance on health-care personnel attire
2014-01-21
Infectious diseases experts issue guidance on health-care personnel attire
Recommendations to help prevent health-care-associated infections transmitted through clothing
New guidance from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) ...
Radiation before surgery more than doubles mesothelioma survival: UHN study
2014-01-21
Radiation before surgery more than doubles mesothelioma survival: UHN study
(TORONTO, Canada – January 20, 2014) – Results of clinical research that treated mesothelioma with radiation before surgery show the three-year survival rate more than doubled for ...
Gay-straight alliances in schools reduce suicide risk for all students
2014-01-21
Gay-straight alliances in schools reduce suicide risk for all students
Canadian schools with explicit anti-homophobia interventions such as gay-straight alliances (GSAs) may reduce the odds of suicidal thoughts and attempts among both sexual minority ...
Childhood obesity can only be tackled with broad public health interventions
2014-01-21
Childhood obesity can only be tackled with broad public health interventions
Public health researchers from the University of Manchester have found single dietary interventions are not effective at increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among overweight ...
A 21st century adaptation of the Miller-Urey origin of life experiments
2014-01-21
A 21st century adaptation of the Miller-Urey origin of life experiments
A safe approach to investigating how organic molecules could come about from inorganic compounds
Today, January 21, JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, published a ...
Peekaboo... I see through!
2014-01-21
Peekaboo... I see through!
MIT team develops a new, inexpensive transparent projection screen
Picture the Louvre pyramid: the iconic glass pyramid that serves as main entrance and skylight to the landmark museum. The pyramid ...
Turkeys inspire smartphone-capable early warning system for toxins
2014-01-21
Turkeys inspire smartphone-capable early warning system for toxins
Berkeley — Some may think of turkeys as good for just lunch meat and holiday meals. But bioengineers at the University of California, Berkeley, saw inspiration in the big birds for a new ...
Virginia Tech researcher develops energy-dense sugar battery
2014-01-21
Virginia Tech researcher develops energy-dense sugar battery
'Sugar is a perfect energy storage compound in nature,' Y.H. Percival Zhang said. 'So it's only logical that we try to harness this natural power in an environmentally friendly way to produce a battery.'
A Virginia Tech ...
Probability of blindness from glaucoma has nearly halved
2014-01-21
Probability of blindness from glaucoma has nearly halved
Researchers cite advances in diagnosis and therapy as likely causes for reduction; caution that a significant proportion of devastating eye disease sufferers still progress to blindness
SAN FRANCISCO ...
Source of Galapagos eruptions is not where models place it
2014-01-21
Source of Galapagos eruptions is not where models place it
University of Oregon study finds plume to the southeast, explaining active volcanic activity in the islands
EUGENE, Ore. -- Images gathered by University of Oregon scientists using seismic waves penetrating ...
Study finds decreased life expectancy for multiple sclerosis patients
2014-01-21
Study finds decreased life expectancy for multiple sclerosis patients
(Boston) – The first large scale study in the U.S. on the mortality of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been published and provides new information about the life expectancy ...
Arctic warmth unprecedented in 44,000 years, reveals ancient moss
2014-01-21
Arctic warmth unprecedented in 44,000 years, reveals ancient moss
When the temperature rises on Baffin Island, in the Canadian high Arctic, ancient Polytrichum mosses, trapped beneath the ice for thousands of years, are exposed. Using radiocarbon dating, new research in Geophysical ...
Are anti-poaching efforts repeating the mistakes of the 'war on drugs'?
2014-01-21
Are anti-poaching efforts repeating the mistakes of the 'war on drugs'?
Illegal poaching, fuelled by the demand for alternative 'medicines' and luxury goods in Asian markets, continues unabated. In response unprecedented levels of funding are being invested in enforcement, ...
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