Deep sleep brain activity helps mice resist social stress
Most adult sleep is non-rapid eye movement (REM), which is restorative and promotes resilience to stressful conditions. However,…
BOJ’s hawks step up calls for rate hikes as they eye end of terms next year
Bank of Japan With PM seen favoring doves, Takata, Tamura push for action in their remaining months The…
UK pledges additional £50 million to help contain Ebola outbreak in Congo – Dubai Eye 103.8
AFP Britain said on Tuesday it would provide more than £50 million ($67.56 million) in new funding to…
Stanford scientists develop an ultracompact gene activation tool
The ability to precisely adjust the expression of genes inside the human body – ramping up protective ones…
Cortisone eye drops may reduce blindness in extremely premature babies
Researchers at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital have conducted the first randomized clinical trial in…
Sam Altman Says He Got ‘Addicted’ to TikTok
Even Sam Altman is guilty of getting sucked into TikTok. “I deleted TikTok because it was just too…
Eye state alters brain signals for mind wandering
A type of brain activity linked to arousal and attention can track mind wandering. But research is conflicting on whether this activity promotes or…
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ keeps fans guessing with mystery roles and Marvel cameos – Dubai Eye 103.8
AFP For Tom Holland, Sony’s “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” based on the famous Marvel Comics web-slinging character, tells…
A wife’s account reveals the hidden burden of young-onset Alzheimer’s caregiving
Behind one rare dementia diagnosis lies a midlife caregiving story shaped by misdiagnosis, objects that seem to disappear,…
Smoking shows no major impact on the eye microbiome in small study
Despite smoking’s known effects on other microbial communities, this study suggests the eye’s surface ecosystem may remain surprisingly…
Mboko withdraws from Canadian Open due to knee injury – Dubai Eye 103.8
AFP Reigning women’s singles champion Victoria Mboko has withdrawn from the Canadian Open due to a knee injury,…
Duke engineers grow retinal blood vessel cells from pluripotent stem cells
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to grow specialized blood vessel cells…