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When Mom Is Happy, Her Brain Syncs With Baby's
New research suggests that mothers' and babies' brains can work together as a 'mega-network' by synchronizing brain waves when they interact. The level of connectivity of the brain waves varies according to the mum's emotional state: when mothers express more positive emotions their brain becomes much more strongly connected with their baby's brain.
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Artificial Sweeteners May Do More Harm Than Good
A $2.2 billion industry to help people lose weight through artificial sweeteners may be contributing to type 2 diabetes, according to new research.
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Revealing the Neural Basis of Confirmation Bias
Researchers have revealed the neural basis underlying confirmation bias — a phenomenon where people strongly favor information that reinforces their existing opinions over contradictory ones.
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Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis Uses Electronic Health Records
Scientists have developed a machine learning-based method of scanning electronic health records to estimate the risk that a healthy person will receive a dementia diagnosis in the future.
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Glycine Receptors Aren't Just Important for the Brain
An important glycine receptor is not only important in the brain, but also to early embryonic development in mice, according to a new study.
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Science and Design Join Forces To Monitor Our Light Exposure
Researchers have developed a wearable sensor that measures how much light an individual is exposed to along with the spectral resolution of that light. Daylight plays an essential role in sleep, alertness and hormone regulation.
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Astrophysics and AI Key to Early Dementia Diagnosis
Early diagnosis of dementia in general practice could be improved as a result of a computer model designed in a collaboration between medical researchers and astrophysicists.
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Parasitic Plant Dodges Host Defense Genes
A parasitic plant has found a way to circumvent an evolutionary arms race with the host plants from which it steals nutrients, allowing the parasite to thrive on a variety of agriculturally important plants.
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First Patient Treated With “Acoustic Cluster Therapy” Designed To Improve Chemo Delivery
An innovative new technology called "acoustic cluster therapy" uses microscopic clusters of bubbles and liquid droplets to enhance the delivery of chemotherapy drugs to tumors – the first patient has now been treated.
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Novel Protein Discovery Yields Viral Infection Insights
Researchers have discovered a protein that can enable adenoviruses to infect human cells; this knowledge could be used to protect those with weakened immunity against dangerous viruses.
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