A part of the brain that maps letters to sounds can acquire a second, visually distinct alphabet for the same…
Grocery-store based nutrition education improves eating habits
Hypertension affects over 60 million adults in the United States and less than half have their condition under control. A…
Do we have an epidemic? Enhancing disease surveillance using a health information exchange
While disease surveillance has shifted toward greater use of electronically transmitted information to decrease the reporting burden on physicians, the…
Is our personality affected by the way we look? (Or the way we think we look?)
To what extent is our personality an adaptation to our appearance or even our physique? A team of scientists has…
Researchers 3D bio-print a model that could lead to improved anticancer drugs and treatments
Researchers have developed a way to study cancer cells which could lead to new and improved treatment. They have developed…
Pitch perfect: Brain differences behind a rare musical ability
New research reports features of the brain in musicians with absolute, or perfect, pitch (AP) that likely enable individuals with…
New model predicts how ground shipping will affect future human health, environment
The trucks and trains that transport goods across the United States emit gases and particles that threaten human health and…
Connection between home energy efficiency and respiratory health in low-income homes
A new study finds people living in drafty homes in low-income, urban communities are at a higher risk of respiratory…
Human enhancement: Is it good for society?
Human enhancement technologies are opening up tremendous new possibilities. But they’re also raising important questions about what it means to…
Rats in augmented reality help show how the brain determines location
Before the age of GPS, humans had to orient themselves without on-screen arrows pointing down an exact street, but rather,…