How the brain tells good from bad
Eating a slice of chocolate cake or spending time with a friend usually stimulates positive feelings, while getting in a ...
Month: April 2015
Picower researchers ID brain mechanisms underlying alertness and attentiveness
Researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that a common neurotransmitter acts ...
Alana Foundation gift to support study of Down syndrome
MIT and Case Western Reserve University have each received $1.7 million from Brazil’s Alana Foundation to develop a collaboration that ...
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Looking beyond microplastics, Oregon State researchers find that cotton and synthetic microfibers impact behavior and growth of aquatic organisms
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Face masks cut distance airborne pathogens could travel in half, new study finds
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Why lung cancer doesn’t respond well to immunotherapy
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Study presents novel therapeutic target for treatment of sepsis
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Seawater split to produce green hydrogen
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Discovery of new ice may change understanding of water