Psychology & Psychiatry
Personality traits can be revealed by movement, study shows
A pioneering new study has revealed how an individual's movement can give a unique insight into their inherent personality traits.
Mar 22, 2016
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Journal of the Royal Society Interface
Medical research
Scientists develop computer models simulating stem cell transplant recovery
Scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University have developed computer models that can simulate the recovery of the immune system in patients undergoing stem cell transplants. In two recent studies, they reinforce the potential ...
Mar 17, 2016
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Neuroscience
Brain study suggests consciousness a matter of optimal degree of connectedness in neural network
(Medical Xpress)—A team of European researchers has found evidence that suggests that human consciousness is a state where the neural network that makes up the brain operates at an optimal degree of connectedness. In their ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Computer model reveals deadly route of Ebola outbreak
Using a novel statistical model, a research team led by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health mapped the spread of the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, providing the most detailed picture to date ...
Nov 10, 2015
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Cardiology
MRI provides insight into myocardial mechanics after a heart attack
Quantifying the damage caused to specific parts of the heart by cardiac arrest is key to providing effective treatment and accurate prognoses for millions of people worldwide. Now, A*STAR researchers have developed a computational ...
Sep 25, 2015
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Medical research
Study finds intramuscular fat affects skeletal muscle mechanics with implications for the age and obesity
Efforts to battle the bulge and stay youthful aren't futile, but they are certainly compromised by a physiological process that undermines our mobility, according to a Simon Fraser University scientist.
Jul 28, 2015
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Neuroscience
Possible cause of mild brain damage or trauma linked to resonance
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with Stanford University has found that even relatively minor head impacts can result in resonance that could possibly lead to long term brain damage. In their paper published in The ...
Cardiology
'Digitizing' crosstalk among heart cells may help locate epicenters of heart rhythms
A team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins cardiologist and biomedical engineer Hiroshi Ashikaga, M.D., Ph.D., has developed a mathematical model to measure and digitally map the beat-sustaining electrical flow between heart ...
Mar 10, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
A new understanding of Alzheimer's
Although natural selection is often thought of as a force that determines the adaptation of replicating organisms to their environment, Harvard researchers have found that selection also occurs at the level of neurons, which ...
Feb 26, 2015
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Medical research
Novel computer model designed to understand cardiovascular diseases
Researchers have developed a novel three-dimensional, multiscale and multicomponent model of endothelial cells monolayer, the inner lining of artery, to identify the cellular mechanisms involved in cardiovascular diseases ...
Feb 25, 2015
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