Researchers have found that previous studies analyzing the genomes of people with European ancestry may have reported inaccurate results by not fully accounting for population structure. By considering mixed genetic lineages, ...
Nov 7, 2023
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Researchers detect characteristic constructional features in a family of sensors that process signals in the human body and control physiological processes.
Feb 14, 2013
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In a paper published in NAR Cancer, researchers from the Center for Childhood Cancer Research at Nationwide Children's and their collaborators report a comprehensive 3D chromatin structural analysis and characterization of ...
Jun 14, 2023
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We don't always recognize irony right away. An interdisciplinary research team at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt am Main found that irony is primarily signaled by moving stress within a sentence. ...
Apr 24, 2023
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Stories about vaccine hesitancy in various communities described as Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) have led public figures to appeal to this supposedly reluctant group through video campaigns.
Mar 1, 2021
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For autistic children, online social interactions can be just as fraught as those in the offline world. The community at Autcraft, which is built around a customised version of the popular game Minecraft, has set out to create ...
Oct 3, 2019
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Researchers from the CNRS and Aix-Marseille University have used a novel approach to demonstrate that interactions with humans activate the brain's social reward system more than discussions with robot interlocutors.
Mar 12, 2019
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An international team of scientists, led by Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has determined the 3-D atomic structure of more than 1,000 proteins that are potential drug and vaccine targets, to combat some ...
Apr 25, 2017
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Microbial succession in a sterilized restroom begins with bacteria from the gut and the vagina, and is followed shortly by microbes from the skin. Restrooms are dominated by a stable community structure of skin and outdoor ...
Dec 1, 2014
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A group of investigators from San Diego State University's Brain Development Imaging Laboratory are shedding a new light on the effects of autism on the brain.
Jun 25, 2013
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