by University of California, Los Angeles Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study led by UCLA Health scientists shows highly creative people’s brains appear to work differently from others’, with an atypical approach that makes distant connections more quickly by bypassing the “hubs” seen in non-creative brains. Exceptionally creative visual artists and scientists—called “Big C”...
by Ken Moritsugu An autonomous robot with a screen depicting top government doctor Zhong Nanshan patrols a popular retail mall on Monday, March 28, 2022, in Beijing. China began its most extensive coronavirus lockdown in two years Monday to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai as questions are raised about the...
For adults undergoing fracture fixation, conditionally essential amino acid (CEAA) supplementation is associated with a reduction in postoperative complications, according to a study published online March 14 in the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. Nathan R. Hendrickson, M.D., from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, and colleagues conducted a prospective, randomized controlled trial (RCT)...
by Iqbal Pittalwala, University of California – Riverside David Lo. Credit: University of California – Riverside The Biden administration is planning to give Americans age 50 or older the option of a second booster. But is a second booster necessary? Would it differ from the first booster? And who should receive the second booster first?...
by Nicole Lee, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock With everything going on over the past couple of years, many people have changed their drinking habits. We’ve seen an increased demand for support, suggesting more people are trying to cut back or quit. There are so many options for cutting back or quitting alcohol it’s hard to know what...
by Derek Lee, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Beginning July 16, 2022, people struggling with mental health crises can call 988, a new number focused on providing lifesaving suicide prevention and crisis services. But 988 is not just a shorter, easier-to-remember replacement for the current suicide hotline. Congress and the Federal Communications Commission also...
by Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Empa researcher Fei Pan is working on a membrane made of nanofibers that releases medication only when the material heats up. Such a membrane could, for example, become active in a bandage as soon as an inflammation starts. Credit: Empa It is not possible to tell...
by Gareth Willmer, Horizon: The EU Research & Innovation Magazine EU scientists are tapping into the virtual world of video games, VR (virtual reality) and smartphone apps to build better self-control in addiction recovery. Credit: © Halfpoint, Shutterstock Researchers developing treatments for addiction are turning to virtual reality and gaming to help patients overcome their...
by Francois Richer, The Conversation People can have several thousand thoughts per day, many of which can be classified as spontaneous or involuntary. Credit: Shutterstock Our thoughts are like a private theater, and as such they can fascinate us. They are sometimes unpredictable and sometimes on cue. They can surprise us, stimulate us, move us...
by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania The transducing conditions can enhance the transduction efficiency in non-activated T cells. a, Freshly isolated human T cells were either serum starved by washing and resuspending in serum-free medium or maintained in complete medium for 3–6 h. The cells were then transduced with a lentiviral vector...
