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Body Movements Not Needed To Learn Virtual Spaces
In a new study published in the journal Neuron, researchers have explored whether or not being able to physically move through virtual spaces improves how we learn them.
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Senescent Cell Burden Is Reduced in Humans by Senolytic Drugs
In a small safety and feasibility clinical trial, Mayo Clinic researchers have demonstrated for the first time that senescent cells can be removed from the body using drugs termed “senolytics”.
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Heart Cells Respond to Heart Attack and Increase the Chance of Survival
The heart of humans and mice does not completely recover after a heart attack. It now turns out that cells close to the area of the heart attack respond to the damage resulting from the heart attack, and that this response is important for survival.
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New Study of HIV Vaccine Shows Promising Results Across Strains
Using the same RV 144 HIV vaccine employed in Thailand, a new study has evaluated whether the vaccine-induced immune responses to RV 144 are similar in a South African cohort.
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Vital Iron Sensing in Nitrogen-fixing Bacteria
Researchers have discovered how nitrogen-fixing bacteria sense iron - an essential but deadly micronutrient.
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Operations of Highly-experienced Crystallographers Mimicked
A novel data analysis method for prior evaluation of single crystal structure analysis has been developed. Their proposed method is based on precise estimation of a parameter inherent in preliminary-collected small data set.
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Tortillas Tell a Story
Despite mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid (FA) in Mexico for the last 10 years, researchers found great variability in their use. Women in rural areas were more likely to eat foods made by small manufacturers with unfortified flour, putting them at greater risk for insufficient FA intake.
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Introverts Who Pretend To Be Extroverts Report Being Happier
If you are an introvert, force yourself to be an extravert. You’ll be happier. That’s the suggestion of the first-ever study asking people to act like extraverts for a prolonged period. For one week, the 123 participants were asked to – in some cases – push the boundaries of their willingness to engage, by acting as extraverts.
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The Marketplace in Our Brain
A new study has found that bidding in a competitive market, our brains use a special type of heuristic to adjust the price depending on the success of previous attempts to buy goods. Moreover, this learning mechanism involves not only the cerebral cortex, but the evolutionary ancient brain area of the striatum.
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Don’t Make Important Decisions on an Empty Stomach
We all know that food shopping when hungry is a bad idea but new research suggests that people might want to avoid making any important decisions about the future on an empty stomach.
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