Neuroscience
Study sheds more light on use of oxytocin during labour
A study published by The BMJ today sheds more light on the use of oxytocin (a hormone that stimulates contractions) during induced labour.
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Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WUFBMC) encompasses Wake Forest University Health Sciences which includes the School of Medicine, North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Wake Forest University Physicians. WUFBMC is a preeminent critical care, research, patient care, physician training and education center. Notable research centers include Biomolecular imaging, a primate center, brain tumor, cancer, alcohol, and aging.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Efforts to stop spread of COVID-19 should focus on preventing airborne transmission
Any future attempts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 should be focused on tackling close airborne transmission of the virus which is considered to be the primary route for its circulation, according to experts in an editorial ...
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Health
Unhealthy lifestyle only explains small part of health inequity in US adults UK and
Unhealthy lifestyles alone only explain a small proportion of the socioeconomic inequity in health in both US and UK adults, suggest data from two large studies published by The BMJ today.
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Medical research
Psilocybin performs at least as well as leading antidepressant in small study
Psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, may be at least as effective as a leading antidepressant medication in a therapeutic setting.
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Space Exploration
Mock crew straps into space capsule, exits before liftoff
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin company strapped two employees into a fueled rocketship for practice, but pulled them out shortly before sending the capsule to the edge of space Wednesday with only a test dummy.
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General Physics
Using sound waves to make patterns that never repeat
Mathematicians and engineers at the University of Utah have teamed up to show how ultrasound waves can organize carbon particles in water into a sort of pattern that never repeats. The results, they say, could result in materials ...
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Molecular & Computational biology
RNA holds the reins in bacteria: Researchers observe RNA controlling protein synthesis
To better understand how RNA in bacteria gives rise to protein—and along the way, target these processes in the design of new antibiotics—researchers are turning their attention to the unique way this process happens ...
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Plants & Animals
Social wasps lose face recognition abilities in isolation
Just as humans are challenged from the social isolation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a new study finds that a solitary lifestyle has profound effects on the brains of a social insect: paper wasps.
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Nanomaterials
Finally, 3D-printed graphene aerogels for water treatment
Graphene excels at removing contaminants from water, but it's not yet a commercially viable use of the wonder material.
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Researchers map brain regions responsible for intoxicating effects of alcohol
The slurred speech, poor coordination, and sedative effects of drinking too much alcohol may actually be caused by the breakdown of alcohol products produced in the brain, not in the liver as scientists currently think. That ...
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