The physical and mental sensations we associate with feeling sick are a natural biological response to inflammation within the body. However, the strength and severity of these sensations go beyond biology and may be affected ...
Mar 2, 2020
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Glioblastoma is an aggressive, killer disease. While victims of this fast-moving brain tumor comprise only about 15% of all people with brain cancer, its victims rarely survive more than a few years after diagnosis.
Feb 20, 2020
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Free, open-source software created by a U of T Mississauga professor is giving science communicators access to real data for science illustrations and animations.
Feb 19, 2020
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Though Genette Hofmann is still using her brain, last month she donated a bit of it—to science.
Feb 11, 2020
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Scientists from the United States to Australia are using new technology in an ambitious, multi-million-dollar drive to develop a vaccine in record time to tackle China's coronavirus outbreak.
Feb 9, 2020
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Public fear seems inevitable given the alarming updates on the coronavirus outbreak, and isolation—in the forms of lockdown and quarantine—has become our default response.
Feb 3, 2020
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The industry around do-it-yourself DNA kits has exploded, with tens of millions of people sending in samples to learn about their family history. But what consumers might consider a lighthearted glimpse into their backgrounds ...
Jan 29, 2020
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Many young people spend significantly more time using screens than is recommended by health professionals. Excessive screen time has been blamed for several ills, including obesity and poor mental health. To mitigate these ...
Jan 28, 2020
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A team of 245 UCLA undergraduates and 31 high school students has published an encyclopedia of more than 1,000 genes, including 421 genes whose functions were previously unknown. The research was conducted in fruit flies, ...
Jan 28, 2020
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To better understand the organization of the brain and the perceptual tendencies in humans, a team of four scientists are recording video from four head-mounted cameras—with eyetracking and head movement—and assembling ...
Jan 24, 2020
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