From the Mayo Clinic press release via ScienceDaily: An enzyme that could represent a powerful new tool for combating Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida. The enzyme — known…
From the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne press release via ScienceDaily: One of the greatest challenges in neuroscience is to identify the map of synaptic connections between neurons. Called the “connectome,” it is the holy…
From the SAGE Publications press release via AlphaGalileo: Kids who get migraine headaches are much more likely than other children to also have behavioral difficulties, including social and attention issues, and anxiety and depression. The…
From the Rutgers press release: People who have fewer social resources, such as friends and family, literally see challenging objects and events in a more exaggerated way than do people who feel emotionally supported, according…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via ScienceDaily: Consumers will pay more when they are given different options to pursue short-term goals, but will pay more for similar options when pursuing long-term…
From the University of Chicago Press Journals press release via ScienceDaily: Consumers are more likely to change their behavior if they voluntarily commit to changing rather than being told what to do, according to a…
From the University of Chicago press release via Newswise: Many high-achieving students experience math anxiety at a young age — a problem that can follow them throughout their lives, new research at the University of…
From the University of Iowa press release by Tom Snee via ScienceDaily: When stock analysts aren’t sure how to assess the earnings of a hard to value firm, they often just predict those earnings will…
From the Brown University press release via ScienceDaily: Abstinence from smoking seems to affect teens differently than adults in a couple of ways, but a new study provides evidence that most of the psychological difficulties…
From the Public Library of Science press release via ScienceDaily: Sex can be messy, but most people don’t seem to mind too much, and new results reported Sep. 12 in the open access journal PLOS…