Researchers from The University of Tokyo unravel the connection between high body temperature and increased viral resistance. Clinical evidence suggests that elderly individuals are at a higher risk

Eating a vegan diet massively reduces the damage to the environment caused by food production, the most comprehensive analysis to date has concluded. The research showed that vegan diets resulted in

The fastest way to heat food and drink might also rank as the fastest route to ingesting massive quantities of minuscule plastic particles, says new research from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

An artist's illustration of a pulsar Casey Reed / Penn State University Astronomers have found an ultra-slow, long-lasting source of radio-wave pulses, and they are perplexed as to its true nature.

Mendelian randomization (MR) is a method to explore evidence for causality [ 27 ]. MR utilizes the random distribution of genetic variants at conception to reduce and limit residual confounding and re

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea A common genetic variant explains why some people are asymptomatic after being infected with the virus that causes CO

The Colorado School of Public Health conducted a study on the cognitive risks of driving under the influence of cannabis. They used Vitals Mobile, developed by Impirica, to assess the effects of canna

Abstract Background Diagnostic errors cause substantial preventable harms worldwide, but rigorous estimates for total burden are lacking. We previously estimated diagnostic error and serious harm rat

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Elephants eat plants. That’s common knowledge to biologists and animal-loving schoolchildren alike. Yet figuring out exactly what kind of plants the iconic herbiv

New research provides evidence of a bidirectional association between maltreatment in childhood and ADHD symptoms. Infants who are more easily upset and fussy are more likely to have ADHD symptoms whe

Bipolar disorder linked to 6-fold heightened risk of early death from external causes And doubling in risk of death from physical illness, with alcohol major contributing factor People with bipolar

New research published in Archives of Sexual Behavior explores the relationship between social mobility and delayed reproduction, intending to understand how societal factors impact individuals’ life

Key Points Question Does engagement in moderate to vigorous physical activity, with most activity concentrated within 1 to 2 days of the week (ie, a “weekend warrior” pattern), confer similar cardiov

Thank you. Listen to this article using the player above. ✖ During an experiment designed to analyze how metals perform under repeated stress, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories saw somethin

Competing interests SJ has received honoraria for educational talks given on antipsychotics for Janssen, Lundbeck and Sunovian. He has given an educational talk for Boehringer Ingelheim on causes of

Consumers in the richer, developed nations will have to accept restrictions on their energy use if international climate change targets are to be met, warn researchers. A big challenge in planning em

Analysis of host rock To better constrain depositional history, a single sample (~ 5 × 5 × 2 cm) of moderately-to-well consolidated sedimentary material, found next to the skeletons, was acquired for

Though per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) make headlines daily, a new paper reveals that most studies finding links between PFAS exposure and human health harms are published without a press r

From Aristotle’s musings on the nature of time to Einstein’s theory of relativity, humanity has long pondered: how do we perceive and understand time? The theory of relativity posits that time can str

When drought-stricken rivers and reservoirs run low across the American West, hydropower dries up and utilities fire up hundreds of power plants that burn coal, oil, or natural gas to keep up with dem

Introduction Since the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned ephedra from dietary supplements in 2004, supplement manufacturers have promoted a complex variety of alternative botanical compoun

Patient enrollment From 3 March 2016 to 14 January 2019, 39 patients were randomized to Arms A and B (Figs. 1 and 2, Fig Supplementary Figure 1). From 15 February 2019 to 9 September 2020, Arm C enro

Peer-reviewed: This work was reviewed and scrutinised by relevant independent experts. Randomised controlled trial: Subjects are randomly assigned to a test group, which receives the treatment, or a c

Researchers at The University of Queensland have found an anti-ageing function in a protein deep within human cells. Associate Professor Steven Zuryn and Dr Michael Dai at the Queensland Brain Instit

Thank you. Listen to this article using the player above. ✖ Many of the most common methods for reducing the impact of pesticides on bee populations are rooted in minimal scientific evidence, accordi

A paper outlining the efficacy of a new drug for Alzheimer’s disease has been published. The hotly awaited findings confirm that the compound, donanemab, can delay the rate of decline in individuals w

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Children who watched a 1-minute-long gun safety video were more cautious when they found a real handgun hidden in a d

Conservative consumers are more likely than their liberal counterparts to complain across various service contexts, according to new research published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology. The findi

T dwarfs are a subclass of low-mass (≲0.075 M ⊙ ) substellar objects with effective temperatures between 450 and 1500 K (Kirkpatrick 2005; Kirkpatrick et al. 2012). T dwarfs and other spectral types l

The renowned naturalist E. O. Wilson proposed the idea that humans have an innate instinct to connect with nature and other lifeforms, a concept that is generally referred to as biophilia. However, ma

New research has shown that having positive contact with people from diverse groups can reduce the development of harmful intergroup conspiracy beliefs. Experts from the University of Nottingham’s Sc

Powerful solar flare activity is forecast for Monday which may interfere with short-wave communications, Russian scientists said after three flares were observed on the sun on Sunday. The Fedorov Ins

Source: silviarita/Pixabay Researchers R. J. Klein and colleagues, in a paper in the June 2023 issue of Emotion, reached a surprising conclusion: More intense emotional responses, even negative emoti

We found an increased risk of neuropsychiatric disorders in children born with FIRS compared to those without FIRS. More specifically, there is increased incidence of ASD, ADHD, conduct disorder, PTSD

The review was prospectively registered with PROSPERO (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42022336132). Data and statistical codes used were uploaded on the Open Science Fram

Up to now, the main determinant of pupil size alongside light was considered to be noradrenaline – known as a stress hormone – and its receptor system. But now, the ETH researchers have shown that ins