New research has revealed that children at a high genetic risk of type 1 diabetes have ‘distinct changes’ in their…
Selfie versus posie
If you lose sleep over the number of likes on your Instagram account, new research suggests you might want to…
City parks lift mood as much as Christmas
New research shows that visitors to urban parks use happier words and express less negativity on Twitter than before their…
E. coli’s secret weapon in launching infections
Most types of Escherichia coli are harmless, but the ones that aren’t can cause severe life-threatening diarrhea. These problematic bacteria…
Brain takes a beating as arteries age
Researchers have presented a model that explains why memory deteriorates as the body ages. With age, the brain receives an…
A new path to cancer therapy: developing simultaneous multiplexed gene editing technology
Scientists have developed a new gene editing system that could be used for anticancer immunotherapy through the simultaneous suppression of…
Possible genetic link between children’s language and mental health
A new study has examined genetic variants in six genes that are thought to contribute to language development in children.…
Amazon rainforest absorbing less carbon than expected
An international team of climate scientists has found that accounting for phosphorus-deficient soils reduced projected carbon dioxide uptake by an…
Spending on illicit drugs in US nears $150 billion annually
Spending on cannabis, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine fluctuated between $120 billion and $145 billion each year from 2006 to 2016,…
Risk of psychotic disorders has disease-specific brain effects
Brain abnormalities in people at familial risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder emerge in unique patterns, despite the symptom and…