Health
Stress transmitter wakes your brain more than 100 times a night—and it is perfectly normal
You wake up. The alarm clock says 02:56.
Jul 14, 2022
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Medical research
Chili peppers and hugs: What inspired Nobel medicine winners
David Julius was browsing a supermarket aisle filled with chili pepper sauces when he turned to his wife, a fellow scientist, and said he thought it was time he finally solved how certain chemicals cause the sensation of ...
Oct 4, 2021
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Health
Look beyond fossil fuels to curb air pollution
(HealthDay)—Burning fossil fuels account for about 100,000 air pollution-related deaths in the United States each year—but there are other less obvious sources of deadly air pollution, a new study warns.
Aug 13, 2020
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Motorized scooter head injuries on the rise, study finds
Facial and head injuries from riding electric scooters have tripled over the past decade, according to a Rutgers study.
Jun 11, 2019
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Radiology & Imaging
Unpacking the mysteries of beatboxing—linguists and engineers team up
On the screen, a grainy MRI scan of a human mouth shows a tongue, leaping and curling as a sound like a snare drum rings out. This is a beatboxer in action—viewed from a new perspective: inside her mouth.
Apr 11, 2019
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Neuroscience
Research points to genes that may help us form memories
Gene expression within neurons is critical for the formation of memories, but it's difficult to identify genes whose expression is altered by learning. Now researchers have successfully monitored the expression of genes in ...
Feb 3, 2015
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Neuroscience
The thermodynamics of thought: Soliton spikes and Heimburg-Jackson pulses
(Medical Xpress)—In the familiar rendering of a neuron, as in the image above, the so-called electrical spikes are usually depicted as short pulses. In reality, if the spike lasts for over a millisecond and its expanding ...
