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Medical Xpress / Neural pathways reveal a push-pull system for coordinating goal-directed behavior in mice
Most of the tasks that humans complete daily entail carefully coordinating movements and tracking progress made toward a desired goal. Past studies have highlighted the role of the basal ganglia (BG), a set of interconnected ...
Medical Xpress / Stopping skin cancer before it starts could cut its health care costs
A new study has revealed the hundreds of thousands of skin cancer appointments and medical procedures Queenslanders are attending and undergoing each year, prompting experts to call for further investment in prevention campaigns ...
Science X / Kids shrug off sunk-cost bias until about age 6, behavioral experiments reveal
Ever wonder why adults cling to things in which they've invested time or effort? In behavioral experiments, people often predict that they would stick with an option just because it was harder to get. Psychologists call this ...
Tech Xplore / Australia wants a 'digital duty of care.' But how will we check what big tech is doing?
You expect to be safe when you go to work or when your kids play at the school playground. When you go to the doctor or get financial advice from the bank, you expect they'll act in your interests.
Phys.org / Red-tailed hawks maintain flight performance despite missing feathers
Red-tailed hawks can compensate for feather loss during molt by subtly changing their wing and tail movements, according to a new study by University of California, Davis, researchers in the College of Engineering and the ...
Tech Xplore / More precise fire extinguishing from the air using simulation and sensor data
Wildfires are becoming more frequent and more intense worldwide. Fires often become infernos because of heat, drought and wind, especially in the summer. The problem is compounded by the climate crisis. Researchers at the ...
Medical Xpress / Advancing personalized medicine requires close collaboration across stakeholders
The development of personalized medicine depends on collaboration among multiple stakeholders, who must navigate uncertainty while shaping expectations of future value. A recent study from the University of Eastern Finland ...
Medical Xpress / DNA methylation patterns may explain why some prostate cancers turn lethal
The prostate is the single organ most frequently afflicted by cancer in men. Prostate cancer affects approximately 4 million American men, with another 330,000 men expected to be diagnosed with the condition this year alone.
Medical Xpress / Breast milk gives certain gut bacteria a head start
Breast milk helps shape the gut microbiota for longer than previously thought. Researchers from DTU and Rigshospitalet have discovered that sugars in breast milk, which are nondigestible by the infant—so-called human milk ...
Tech Xplore / Swedish court orders Google pay nearly $2 bn for favoring its price comparisons
A Swedish market court on Wednesday ordered Google to pay some 14.3 billion kronor ($1.46 billion) in damages, plus interest, to price comparison site Pricerunner for promoting its own shopping comparisons in search results.
Phys.org / How cricket mothers control the developmental timing of their offspring
Diapause is a fascinating form of biological dormancy employed by a broad array of animals as a survival strategy to endure adverse environmental conditions. To overcome the problems associated with seasons that are unsuitable ...
Phys.org / Helping children navigate the emotional aftershocks of an earthquake
The devastating earthquake in Venezuela has left countless families grieving, displaced and searching for loved ones. For many South Florida families with ties to the region, the tragedy feels especially close to home.
