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...
Statin therapy produces significant reductions in major vascular events irrespective of age, including in people older than 75 years, according to a new...
Humans are born with operational language processing and memory capacities and can use at least two types of cues to segment otherwise continuous speech,...
A team of researchers at Columbia University has developed a speech brain-computer interface system that translates brain signals into intelligible, recognizable...
Two new studies, one of which was conducted in young adults and the other in mice, add to evidence for the benefits of a rocking motion during sleep. In...
A new observational study by researchers from Hong Kong demonstrates that disrupted sleep is associated with DNA damage. The findings appear in the journal...
