Trying to take someone else’s perspective may make you less open to their opposing views, according to new findings.
Fatal opioid-related car crashes in maryland hold steady over decade
A new approach to defining opioid-related auto fatalities provides insight into the nature and distribution of opioid-involved deaths in the…
Yeast study prompts rethink of DNA safekeeping
DNA replication is more prone to errors at times of stress leading to mutations that could cause disease.
A gut feeling for mental health
The first population-level study on the link between gut bacteria and mental health identifies specific gut bacteria linked to depression…
Concussion treatment: Adolescent athletes ‘prescribed’ aerobic exercise recovered faster
Adolescent athletes who sustained concussions while playing a sport recovered more quickly when they underwent a supervised, aerobic exercise regimen.
Excess immune pruning of synapses in neural cells derived from patients with schizophrenia
Investigators have found evidence that the process of synaptic pruning, a normal part of brain development during adolescence, is excessive…
More than 100 new gut bacteria discovered in human microbiome
Scientists working on the gut microbiome have discovered and isolated more than 100 completely new species of bacteria from healthy…
A match made in neural heaven: How a neuron grows an axon
While the neural architecture responsible for the transmission of electrical impulses has been known for more than a century, the…
The web meets genomics: A DNA search engine for microbes
Microbes are the most common and diverse organisms on the planet. A new search engine, called BIGSI, allows scientists to…
Biggest ever map of human Alzheimer’s brain
A study of the differences between healthy brains and those with Alzheimer’s disease has produced largest dataset of its type…