The cognitive benefits of playing an instrument are already fairly well known: such activity can improve cognitive flexibility, or the ability to regulate and switch focus between different thought processes....
A study published in Nature Communications presents new evidence about what a key protein called alpha-synuclein actually does in neurons in the brain. If we want to cure Parkinson’s, first...
The HAVEN system combines patients’ vital signs - such as blood pressure, heart rate and temperature - with their blood test results, comorbidities and frailty into a single risk score....
For each 1% increase in users we estimate the number of cases will drop by between 0.8% and 2.3%.' Professor Christophe Fraser adds, 'Our work confirms the NHS COVID-19 app...
Forming an accurate impression of an individual on a first date is important because people often rely on these impressions in deciding whether to pursue a romantic relationship. Participants then...
Impeachment managers, led by Representative Jamie Raskin, tried on Thursday to compel Trump to testify in the trial. Starting Tuesday at 1:00 p.m., the Senate president pro tempore Patrick Leahy...
9 February 2021Researchers develop algorithm to find possible misdiagnosisMisdiagnosis Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed an algorithm that can identify patients who may have been wrongly diagnosed. With...
The University of Helsinki has created a new endowment fund aimed at making early investments in startups established by students. The first donor of the HELSEED endowment fund is the...
9 February 2021The wars in Former Yugoslavia continue in the classroomeducation According to the Education Act, schools in the ethnically divided Bosnia and Herzegovina must teach students “democratic ideals in...
The machinery that drives cell migration is a complex network of dynamic filaments composed of a protein actin. Actin exists in monomeric form, but like Lego bricks, different types of...