An international team of scientists from the UK, Switzerland and Latvia has developed a virus-like particle vaccine that could be used to treat chronic...
Insomnia is a common disorder linked with adverse long-term medical and psychiatric outcomes. It affects 10-20% of adults, and several twin and family...
Mid-day sleep significantly decreases systolic and diastolic blood pressure in people with arterial hypertension, according to new research.
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The mumps, measles, and rubella (MMR) vaccination does not increase the risk for autism, does not trigger autism in susceptible children, and is not associated...
In a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, a duo of researchers at University College London, UK, analyzed data from 3,662 adults aged 50...
Twins are traditionally classified as monozygotic (identical) or dizygotic (fraternal). Monozygotic twinning results in genetically identical individuals,...
In a series of three experiments, a team of psychologists from Lancaster University, the University of Central Lancashire and the University of Gävle...
White fat cells (white adipose tissue) in the human body exhibit circadian rhythms affecting critical metabolic functions, according to a new study from...
When humans go through big changes in life, their personality traits can change. In a study published in the Journal of Research in Personality, a duo...
The circadian clock is the 24 hour cycle that regulates many physiological processes including sleeping and eating. Many factors affect this internal clock...
A new study published online in the Journal of Experimental Medicine describes how sleep can fight off an infection, whereas other conditions, such as...
A team of scientists from the Oregon National Primate Research Center at Oregon Health and Sciences University has found that a gene called the G-protein...
According to a new study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, gestures of chimpanzees follow the same mathematical patterns — known...
It is well known that neural circuits in the spinal cord control seemingly simple things like the pain reflex in humans, and some motor control functions...
An international team of researchers from the United States, Denmark and Sweden has pioneered a new approach that brings an oral formulation of insulin...
Made from specially engineered infrared-sensitive yarn, which responds to changes in the temperature and humidity of a person’s skin by dynamically collapsing...
A team of scientists at the University of California San Diego has developed oral antivirulence vaccines powered by self-propelling micromotors that target...
In an epidemiological study using data on walnut consumption and depression from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a team...
A team of microbiologists has isolated 105 completely new species of bacteria from healthy people’s intestines.
Forster et al created the most comprehensive...
