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During the first weeks of pregnancy, developing cells are already laying the foundation for the brain. Iron plays a major role in the organization and shaping of cells during this stage of gestation. Epidemiological studies ...
Oct 22, 2026
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In the BBC reality show "The Celebrity Traitors," the Traitors—James Acaster, Maya Jama and King Kenny—were set an unusual challenge: murder a Faithful by making them yawn. Their plan was to bore their target into yawning, ...
Oct 21, 2026
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Several EPFL labs are converging around an idea that began as a doctoral researcher's hunch: The spinal cord revealed by functional magnetic resonance imaging might unlock new therapies.
Oct 21, 2026
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Squishy, wrinkled, weighing about as much as a cantaloupe, the brain may not be much to look at from the outside. Yet with a network of roughly 86 billion neurons, it generates more impulses daily than all the smartphones ...
Oct 21, 2026
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When genes are "expressed," it is like reading an instruction manual to create things the body needs—such as proteins or RNA. It is an important process in regulating normal cellular functions. Understanding more about gene ...
Oct 19, 2026
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Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have discovered how herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the virus that causes cold sores, can fundamentally change how the brain's immune cells respond to infection, revealing ...
Oct 19, 2026
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Adapting to changing situations requires people to continuously revise their expectations about what might happen next when new information becomes available. These expectations are believed to be represented by mental models ...
Some of nature's healthful benefits might be possible through well-curated ornamental spaces, suggests a brain activity study recently published in the October issue of Building and Environment from researchers at Drexel's ...
Oct 16, 2026
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The human brain is constantly taking in information about the world through sight, touch, hearing and the other senses. Influential theories in neuroscience and psychology suggest that it also anticipates incoming sensory ...
One of the main ways that the APOE4 gene variant, the biggest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease, undermines brain circuit function is by disrupting the process of insulating neurons with a fatty sheath ...
Oct 15, 2026
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