Scientists Reveal New Potential Therapeutic Targets for Mental and Neurological Disorders
UCI researchers have discovered the crucial role of cilia in the striatum of the brain in time perception. A recent study from researchers at the…
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Study Finds That Exercise Curbs Insulin Production
Shaking Up Our Understanding: Ethereal Variant of Mysterious Plant Is Actually a New Species
New Research Shows How Ketamine Acts As “Switch” in the Brain
Researchers Provide New Insight Into the Carefully Choreographed Dance of Nerve and Vascular Cells
New Findings Explain Long-Standing, Baffling Cell Mystery
Unlocking the Secrets of Climate Change: Linking Fossil Proxies to Living Bacteria
A “Missing Link” – Researchers Shed Light on the Origin of Complex Life Forms
Defying Prevailing Assumptions: People With Autism Are Not “Indifferent or Hypo-Sensitive” to Pain
A Peculiar Case of “Virgin Birth” in Aquarium Sharks
Asexual reproduction is prevalent among animals such as starfish, deep-sea worms, and stick insects, but it is a rarity among vertebrates. Parthenogenesis is a process…
Why Aren’t All Black Bears Black?
A team of researchers from HudsonAlpha, the University of Memphis, and the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered the underlying cause of the cinnamon-colored coat in…
Were We Wrong About the “Love Hormone” Oxytocin?
Study finds that prairie voles without oxytocin receptors can bond with mates and young. The vital role of oxytocin—the “love hormone”—for social attachments is being…
Affecting Longevity: Early Life Experiences Can Have Long-Lasting Impact on Genes
A new study in fruit flies, led by researchers at University College London (UCL), has found that experiences during early life can have a long-term…
Surprising Discovery: MIT Neuroscientists Find That Adult Brain Is Filled With Millions of “Silent Synapses”
The ability of the adult brain to form new memories and absorb new information may be explained by these immature connections. MIT neuroscientists have found…
Experts Debunk Scientific Claims That Human Babies Are Colonized by Bacteria Before Birth
Leading experts from several scientific disciplines find flaws in studies that suggest the existence of a “fetal microbiome.” Scientific claims that babies harbor live bacteria…
Scientists Have Solved a Long-Standing Genomic Mystery
UCSC researchers suggest that introns, a source of molecular complexity unique to eukaryotes, primarily originate from introners. The origins of introns, segments of non-coding DNA…
Scientists Discover the Snake Clitoris
An international team of researchers, led by the University of Adelaide has provided the first anatomical description of the female snake clitoris, in a first-of-its-kind…
Alarm Bells Ring for Great Hammerheads After Scientists Sequence the Genomes of Endangered Sharks
Scientists have sequenced the genomes of two endangered sharks. Low genetic diversity and signs of inbreeding ring alarm bells for great hammerheads, but there may…
