Simple Dietary Switches Lower Clinical Depression
Summary: A randomized controlled tria demonstrated that incorporating a single glass of 100% fruit juice or a smoothie…
Research challenges calcium and vitamin D use for bone health
Researchers in Canada evaluated 69 trials involving 153,902 participants, most of whom were community-dwelling and not at high…
New Fathers Show Rapid Brain Changes in the First Six Weeks After Birth
Credit: Pexels Motherhood profoundly rewires the brain, causing structural and functional changes that enhance empathy, social cognition, and…
People Were Fitted With Wings in VR and Their Brains Started Treating Them Almost Like Body Parts
Credit: Pexels Twenty-five volunteers put on VR headsets, moved their arms and twisted their wrists. On screen, feathered…
Compensator Wasps Proven to Save Colonies from Chaos
Summary: A new study revealed how social insect colonies survive the violent, chaotic aftermath of losing their queen.…
Structured Programs Physically Slow Down Biological Aging
Summary: A major randomized clinical trial established that structured lifestyle interventions—such as healthy eating, regular exercise, and social…
Large Rewards Accelerate Learning Speed by Extending Brain Signals
Summary: A paradigm-shifting study has upended a decades-long neurological assumption that learning speed depends entirely on repetition and…
Breakthrough Parkinson’s Drug Targets Disease at Its Genetic Roots
Scientists have reported promising early results from a novel Parkinson’s treatment designed to suppress the activity of a…
Humans are the only primates with a lopsided hand preference
Of all the monkeys and apes scientists have studied, no species shows a population-level hand preference. Individual primates…
Buprenorphin and Ketamine Combo Provide Anti-Suicidal Effect
Summary: Researchers discovered the first pharmacological method to prolong the rapid, yet notoriously fleeting, antisuicidal effects of ketamine.…
Neuroplex pipeline monitors nine neuronal populations in moving mice
Scientists at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI), in collaboration with ZEISS and MetaCell, have developed…
Exercise Changes the Heart in a Way Researchers Never Expected
Exercise may do far more than strengthen the heart and muscles. New research suggests regular aerobic activity can…