Weighted blankets are a safe and effective intervention in the treatment of insomnia, according to researchers who found that insomnia…
Flood risks: More accurate data due to COVID-19
Emerging use of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) makes it possible to continuously measure shallow changes in elevation of Earth…
Likely molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis are revealed by network biology
Researchers have built an interactome that includes the lung-epithelial cell host interactome integrated with a SARS-CoV-2 interactome. Applying network biology…
Enrolling in health education courses may help change student’s beliefs about stress
College students are under a lot of stress, even more so lately due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New research finds…
Diabetes: Metformin treatment linked to slowed cognitive decline
A six-year study of older Australians with type 2 diabetes has uncovered a link between metformin use, slower cognitive decline…
Customizable synthetic antibiotic outmaneuvers resistant bacteria
Antibiotic resistance is one of the world’s most urgent public health threats. In the United States alone, tens of thousands…
Unraveling the genome in 3D-space
Proper folding of extremely long chromosomal DNA molecules is crucial for the correct functioning of the cell. Scientists developed a…
Meditation for mind-control
Scientists have discovered that mindful meditation can help subjects learn and improve the ability to mind-control brain computer interfaces (BCIs).
‘Trojan horse’ approach to kill cancer cells without using drugs
Cancer cells are killed in lab experiments and tumor growth reduced in mice, using a new approach that turns a…
New mouse model of tau propagation
Accumulation of assembled tau protein in the central nervous system is characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease and several other neurodegenerative diseases,…