Study: How a member of a family of light-sensitive proteins adjusts skin color —...

A team of Brown University researchers found that opsin 3 -- a protein closely related to rhodopsin, the protein that enables low-light vision...

Study: Wearable cooling and heating patch could serve as personal thermostat and save energy...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a wearable patch that could provide personalized cooling and heating at home, work,...

Study: Scientists capture first-ever video of body’s safety test for T-cells — (Details)

For the first time, immunologists from The University of Texas at Austin have captured on video what happens when T-cells -- the contract...

Study: Neuroscientists identify a brain circuit that helps break decisions down into smaller pieces...

When making a complex decision, we often break the problem down into a series of smaller decisions. For example, when deciding how to...

Study: Brain’s insular cortex processes pain and drives learning from pain — (Details)

Acute pain, e.g. hitting your leg against a sharp object, causes an abrupt, unpleasant feeling. In this way, we learn from painful experiences...

Study: Researchers use medical imaging to map areas involved in recalling learned information while...

Researchers have known about the close relationship between sleep and memory for decades. Now, a new study published in the journal NeuroImage looks...

Study: Genomic collision may explain why many kidney transplants fail — (Details)

A genomic collision could explain why many kidney transplants fail, even when donors and recipients are thought to be well-matched, according to a...

Study: How cancer drug inhibits DNA repair in cancer cells — (Details)

According to researchers at Yale Cancer Center, a cancer drug thought to be of limited use possesses a superpower of sorts: It is...

Study: Age also seems to be a factor, with younger guts more bacterially diverse...

The human gut microbiome is a complex microbial ecosystem that plays an important role in our health. For example, these microbes -- bacteria,...

Study: Engineers develop new AI technology that amplifies correct speaker from a group; breakthrough...

Our brains have a remarkable knack for picking out individual voices in a noisy environment, like a crowded coffee shop or a busy...

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