A research team has developed a machine learning model that allows scientists to reconstruct neuronal circuitry by measuring signals from…
Admitting patterns of junior doctors may be behind ‘weekend effect’ in hospitals
A study links the ‘weekend effect’ of increased hospital mortality to junior doctors admitting a lower proportion of healthy patients…
Pharmacy in the jungle study reveals indigenous people’s choice of medicinal plants
In one of the most diverse studies of the non-random medicinal plants selection by gender, age and exposure to outside…
Spherical exosomes may deliver what an injured kidney needs
Like a swarm of construction workers in the aftermath of a destructive storm, cargo-filled, nanometer-sized spheres arrive on the scene…
Medical News Today: Vulturine guineafowl’s complex societies overturn scientific assumptions
For the first time, researchers have found that some birds form multilevel societies, which zoologists had thought was something that…
Preemies who develop chronic lung disease had more stem cells at birth
In the first large-scale clinical study to characterize stem cells from the umbilical cord blood and tissues of premature infants…
Most surfing injuries involve shoulder or knee, surgery usually not required
A new study characterizes MRI patterns of acute surfing-related injuries in patients seeking care at HSS. Researchers also report on…
Mutations linked to expression of genes associated with complex traits
Hard-to-study mutations in the human genome, called short tandem repeats, known as STRs or microsatellites, are implicated in the expression…
Why myelinated mammalian nerves are fast and allow high frequency
Researchers have achieved patch-clamp studies of an elusive part of mammalian myelinated nerves called the Nodes of Ranvier. At the…
New model for the way humans localize sounds
One of the enduring puzzles of hearing loss is the decline in a person’s ability to determine where a sound…