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Phys.org / A snake-headed vessel hints at a mysterious Roman cult
The ancient Romans were a deeply religious and superstitious people, worshiping dozens of cults—some official and others secretive. One of these was dedicated to Sabazios, a deity from Thrace and Phrygia (regions spanning ...
Phys.org / Peacemaker program linked to 61% decline in gun violence deaths and injuries
A new study by researchers at UC Berkeley's Center for Global Healthy Cities, published in JAMA Network Open, found that the California city of Richmond's Office of Neighborhood Safety (ONS) was responsible for a 61% reduction ...
Medical Xpress / Research identifies lasting brain changes associated with adolescent binge alcohol exposure
New research from the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine provides insight into how binge alcohol exposure during adolescence may cause lasting changes in brain function that persist into adulthood, potentially ...
Phys.org / Largest review finds formal ethics education improves students' moral reasoning
How important is it that kids learn to tell right from wrong? Businessman and former university chancellor David Gonski recently called for ethics classes to be rolled out in all Australian schools to boost social cohesion.
Medical Xpress / How the brain decides where to insulate its own wiring
In the complex circuitry of the brain, a fatty substance known as myelin plays a vital role in insulating neural wiring. It coats billions of axons in the brain and makes up about one-fifth of the organ in humans.
Phys.org / 9/11 responders passed effects of trauma to their children, study finds
Although it's been 25 years since the World Trade Center collapsed after terrorists flew commercial airplanes into each of the center's two towers, the trauma experienced by many first responders and recovery workers is still ...
Medical Xpress / Brain blood flow responds differently to pain and touch, mouse study finds
When the brain is stimulated, blood flow increases. For 30 years, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), one of the most powerful windows into the human brain, has operated on the basis of this connection. fMRI doesn't ...
Tech Xplore / Potential material for safer Li-ion batteries achieves record-high conductivity
Two years ago, a new material was reported to have an unusually large lithium-ion conductivity. Now, Nagoya University researchers have uncovered why it works so well and attained its record-high room temperature conductivity ...
Medical Xpress / Dozens of genes tied to OCD and tic disorders discovered
A Rutgers-led international collaboration has identified 36 genes that substantially raise the risk of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and chronic tic disorders—providing, two researchers said, the most detailed biological ...
Phys.org / Screening tool amplifies tiny changes in protein levels within cells
Imagine a brain teaser where the challenge is to spot the difference between two nearly identical sandcastles. The only difference? The removal of three grains of sand. Scientists face a similarly exasperating challenge when ...
Phys.org / Declining star formation not caused by simple 'fuel crisis,' new measurements suggest
The universe has been having fewer and fewer stellar "babies." Over the past 4.5 billion years, the rate of star birth has crashed to less than half of what it once was. But here's the twist: the most essential "fuel" for ...
Medical Xpress / Stress and depression, not heart damage, may drive long-term breast cancer fatigue
For breast cancer survivors, new research shows that feelings of depression and perceptions of psychological stress make the biggest difference in whether they experience fatigue up to two years after chemotherapy started.
