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Can We Change the Circadian Clock at a Molecular Level To Relieve Sleep Disorders?

Understanding the molecular mechanisms of our internal clocks may enable the development of therapies for sleep disorders and other effects of clock disruption.
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Brain Glitches in Sign Language Echo Those in Speech

Researchers have discovered a neural mechanism common to both speech and sign errors.
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Algorithm Outperforms Neurologists in Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease

Researchers have developed a computer algorithm based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) that can accurately predict the risk for and diagnose Alzheimer's disease using a combination of brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), testing to measure cognitive impairment, along with data on age and gender.
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Mouse Study Links Maternal Immune Response To Newborn Behavioral Deficits

The immune responses of a female mouse before pregnancy can predict how likely her offspring are to have behavioral deficits if the immune system is activated during pregnancy, according to researchers from the Center for Neuroscience at the University of California, Davis
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Flexible DNA, Flexible Memory?

A new study suggests that the ability of the brain to extinguish fearful memories from the brain is reliant upon the flexibility of DNA.
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How Many Jobs Do Robots Really Take?

Some technologists have forecast that automation will lead to a future without work, while other observers have been more skeptical about such scenarios. A new study puts firm numbers on the trend, finding a very real impact – although one that falls well short of a robot takeover.
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Exercise Boosts Motor Learning Via Changes in Neurotransmitters

Researchers have found that a switch in chemical messaging is a key prelude to motor skill acquisition from exercise.
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Microscopic Cages Allow Researchers To Direct Neuron Growth

Using microscopically fine 3D printing technologies and sound waves used as tweezers, scientists have directed the growth of tiny networks of neurons.
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Eleven Human Genomes Sequenced and Assembled in Nine Days

Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have collaborated on an algorithm designed to accurately and precisely assemble individual, complete human genomes from long-read sequencing data in about six hours and for about $70.
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Intensive Farming Increases Risk of Disease Spread to Humans

Overuse of antibiotics, high animal numbers and low genetic diversity from intensive farming increase the risk of animal pathogens transferring to humans and causing epidemics.
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