Benzodiazepines in patients with COPD and PTSD may increase suicide risk
Long-term use of benzodiazepine medications in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, as well as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may lead to...
Oscillations provide insights into the brain’s navigation system
The brain creates a map of our environment, which enables reliable spatial navigation. The Nobel Prize was awarded in 2014 for research into how...
Effects of a high-fat diet may be passed on for three generations
A high-fat diet in female mice affects their offspring's obesity, insulin resistance and addictive-like behaviors for three generations, according to a new study.
Cancer stem cells use normal genes in abnormal ways
An new study shows that CDK1 directly interacts with Sox2 to keep cancer cells 'stemmy.'
Understanding the neurological code behind how flies fly
Discoveries about the neurological processes by which flies stay steady in flight could help humans build more responsive drones or better-balanced robots.
Did mosasaurs hunt like killer whales?
Researchers have examined the youngest-ever specimen of tylosaur ever found. Like orcas, mosasaurs might have used their bony noses to strike prey.
Goldilocks principle in biology: Fine-tuning the ‘just right’ signal load
In 'Goldilock and the Three Bears', Goldilock finds that only one bowl of porridge has the ''just right'' temperature, and in the same way...
Widespread errors in ‘proofreading’ cause inherited blindness
Research has shown that mistakes in 'proofreading' the genetic code of retinal cells is the cause of a form of inherited blindness, retinitis pigmentosa...
An RNA key that unlocks innate immunity
New research shows that a versatile RNA molecule may be a key player in human cells' frontline defenses against viruses.
Disrupting crystalline order to restore superfluidity
What if you could disrupt the crystalline order of quantum matter so that the superfluid could flow freely even at temperatures and pressures where...
