Detecting dementia's damaging effects before it's too late

Patients with a rare neurodegenerative brain disorder called Primary Progressive Aphasia, or PPA, show abnormalities in…

A step for a promising new battery to store clean energy

Researchers have built a more efficient, more reliable potassium-oxygen battery, a step toward a potential solution…

Measuring chromosome imbalance could clarify cancer prognosis

Researchers have found that higher levels of aneuploidy lead to much greater lethality among prostate cancer…

Flu virus' best friend: Low humidity

Researchers have pinpointed a key reason why people are more likely to get sick and even…

Echo chambers may not be as dangerous as you think, new study finds

New research shows that collective intelligence — peer learning within social networks — can increase belief…

Brain researchers seek 'fingerprints' of severe mental diseases

Findings from a new study of large-scale systems in the brain could improve understanding of the…

Human gut microbiome physiology can now be studied in vitro using Organ Chip technology

A research team has developed an approach to co-culture a complex human gut microbiome in direct…

The death of a close friend hits harder than we think

The trauma caused by the death of a close friend endures four times longer than previously…

Distracted driving more frequent among millennial than older parents

Investigators sought to understand and compare the texting and driving patterns of millennial parents versus older…

Key mechanism that allows some of the deadliest viruses to replicate

Research uncovers key mechanism that allows some of the deadliest human RNA viruses to orchestrate the…