Evidence that probiotics alter brain function
In a discovery that carries significant implications for changing brain function through dietary interventions, UCLA researchers say they now have…
New nucleotide could revolutionize field of epigenetics
Adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine – the A,T,G and C that make up the DNA code. But these 4 letters…
Mirror Neurons Show Their Xenophobic Side
The infamous middle finger salute is recognized by nearly everyone in our society, but to someone from a foreign country,…
Tortoise-Hare Executive Functions Of Brain Identified
The human brain’s chain-of-command relies on not one, but two quite different – although complementary – command-and-control areas, according to…
Recycled Algorithm Sharpens Astronomical Images
A fast and efficient image enhancement technique that was originally applied to improving monochrome microscope images has proved itself equally…
Sleeping Less And Self-Deluding More
New findings published in the American Journal of Epidemiology not only reveal that we don’t get enough sleep, but that…
Risky Business Explained
Researchers working in a relatively new area of neuroscience have made progress in understanding why some people are more prone…
New Component Of Bone Identified
Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) have made an intriguing discovery to do with the properties of…
The Anatomy Of Sarcasm
New research appearing in Neuropsychology details the anatomy of sarcasm and explains how the mind puts sharp-tongued words into context.…
New Findings On Ribosome Function A Surprise
Johns Hopkins researchers, writing in Cell, report that four critical components of cells’ protein-building machine don’t do what scientists had…