Motorized molecules activated by light target and drill through highly antibiotic resistant bacteria and kill them within minutes. The molecules…
Hydration may affect cognitive function in some older adults
Among women, lower hydration levels were associated with lower scores on a task designed to measure motor speed, sustained attention,…
Scientists say you can change your personality
A review of recent research in personality science points to the possibility that personality traits can change through persistent intervention…
To the brain, straight from the vein: IV treatment for TBI
A team of researchers has found that neural exosomes — ‘cargo’ molecules within the nervous system that carry messages to…
Breast cancer cells swallow a ‘free lunch’ of dietary fat particles from the bloodstream
A research team has previously shown that fatty particles from the bloodstream may boost the growth of breast cancer cells.…
Achieving optimal collaboration when goals conflict
New research suggests that, when two people must work together on a physical task despite conflicting goals, the amount of…
For controlling tsetse flies, fabric color matters
Researchers report that they have engineered an improved colored fabric for the insecticide-treated targets used to control tsetse, based on…
New drug targets to treat Nipah virus
Nipah virus, which is transmitted to humans from bats and pigs, has a high mortality rate and there are no…
Largest study of its kind reveals that many psychiatric disorders arise from common genes
In the largest-ever study of its kind researchers identified more than 100 genetic variants that affect the risk for more…
Insight into the neglected tropical disease sleeping sickness
Researchers have shed light on how the parasite which causes sleeping sickness multiples inside its host. Human African Trypanosomiasis or…