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Medical Xpress / When a helpful brain signal gets stuck: An autism-linked chain reaction
Think of the brain as a city with traffic lights that keep signals flowing smoothly. In a new study, researchers followed a clue about nitric oxide, a common chemical messenger, and found that, in some forms of autism, if ...
Medical Xpress / Why zebrafish larvae prefer to circle left or right may explain how human brains encode right‑ and left‑handedness
Being right- or left-handed is a familiar fact about yourself that you likely don't think about much on a day-to-day basis. However, your handedness affects how you interact with the world.
Medical Xpress / Cost and confusion drive COPD medication misuse, studies suggest
Medication nonadherence among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a result of affordability and lack of knowledge about medications, among other factors, and leads to increased exacerbations and faster ...
Phys.org / Satellite study of 2.2 million thunderstorms shows how to predict their formation
People may be frustrated by the lack of detail when weather forecasters say, "There will be thunderstorms popping up, but we don't know where." Now a key finding in a study by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), ...
Phys.org / JWST reveals surprising secrets in Jupiter's northern lights
An international team of scientists, led by a Ph.D. researcher from Northumbria University, has made further discoveries about a spectacular feature of Jupiter's northern lights, revealing a never-before-seen temperature ...
Medical Xpress / Chemists shed light on how age-related cataracts may begin
Cataracts are a leading cause of blindness worldwide and are considered a priority disease by the World Health Organization. In a new study, researchers at the University of California, Irvine uncovered how a subtle chemical ...
Medical Xpress / Review of US measles elimination status delayed until November
An expected review of the United States' measles elimination status has been postponed by seven months.
Medical Xpress / High-dose folic acid prevents diabetic peripheral neuropathy in mice, study finds
Florida State University researchers have demonstrated that significantly increasing dietary folic acid in mice can prevent peripheral neuropathy, a condition commonly associated with diabetes and other health issues. The ...
Medical Xpress / The 'itch-to-brain' circuit, neural change and depression
People who suffer from chronic itching in the form of atopic dermatitis (AD) are seven times more likely to develop a major depressive disorder. This link is well established, but the "why" remains elusive. Are the depressive ...
Tech Xplore / 'ChatGPT for spreadsheets' helps solve difficult engineering challenges faster
Many engineering challenges come down to the same headache—too many knobs to turn and too few chances to test them. Whether tuning a power grid or designing a safer vehicle, each evaluation can be costly, and there may ...
Phys.org / Researchers decode the welfare effects of pricing algorithms
The National Bureau of Economic Research has published a new working paper by economists Ali Shourideh (Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business), Maryam Farboodi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and ...
Phys.org / Möbius-inspired surface controls light in two directions
Light is an unusually rich carrier of information. Its direction of travel, wavelength, and polarization can all be used to encode signals or images. Yet controlling these properties independently remains difficult, especially ...
