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Researchers at the Centre for Bioelectric Interfaces and the Centre for Cognition & Decision Making of the Higher School of Economics utilized electroencephalogram (EEG) and the event-related potential (ERP) technique to study neural…

Penn bioethicist proposes a working group to study and monitor poorly regulated products, predicted to top $3 billion by 2020 PHILADELPHIA -The marketing of direct-to-consumer "neurotechnologies" can be enticing: apps that diagnose a…

January 17, 2019 - An automated text messaging system increases patient engagement with home-based exercise and promotes faster recovery after total knee or hip replacement surgery, reports a study in the January 16, 2019 issue of The…

Credit: Surinder Chopra Research Group/Penn State In discovering a mutant gene that "turns on" another gene responsible for the red pigments sometimes seen in corn, researchers solved an almost six-decades-old mystery with a finding that…

In 'game-changing' finding, bone mass rose 800 percent after signals were blocked in brains of miceCredit: Holly Ingraham/UC San Francisco UCLA and UC San Francisco life scientists have discovered a dramatic pattern of bone growth in…

Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Research Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Jan. 17, 2019) -- A new approach to pancreatic cancer screening may help doctors detect the disease in people at high risk before it reaches more advanced and…

Credit: Anna Serena Esposito WASHINGTON (Jan. 17, 2019)--Gamma-ray bursts are the most powerful explosions in the cosmos. These explosions last several seconds and emit the same amount of light as nearly all the stars in the universe.…

NEW HYDE PARK, NY - Using ultraviolet (UV) disinfection technology to reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections eliminated up to 97.7 percent of pathogens in operating rooms (ORs), according to a study published in the American…

Credit: UW School of Public Health Seattle residents who live in waterfront neighborhoods tend to have healthier diets compared to those who live along Interstate-5 and Aurora Avenue, according to new research on social disparities from…

For the first time it has been shown that a brief training session with rhythmic gestures has immediate benefits for narrative discourse in children of 5 and 6 years of age in a study published recently in Developmental Psychology.Credit:…