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Brain Receptor Patterns Separate Sensory and Cognitive Networks, New Study Finds

Receptor patterns define key organisational principles in the brain, scientists have discovered.

Machine-Learning Method Used for Self-Driving Cars Could Improve Lives of Type-1 Diabetes Patients

The same type of machine learning methods used to pilot self-driving cars and beat top chess players could help type-1 diabetes sufferers keep their blood glucose levels in a safe range.

Mark Vogelsberger Wins 2020 Buchalter Cosmology Prize For Simulating A “Fuzzy” Universe

Associate professor of physics shares the honor with colleague Phillip Mocz for their novel dark matter research.

Study Provides Insight into Miscarriages in Tsetse Flies

Tsetse are biting flies that transmit the parasites causing sleeping sickness in humans and Nagana in animals.

Hormone Predicts Ability To Maintain Weight Loss

OBESITY The appetite hormone neurotensin released by the intestine upon eating may predict our ability to maintain weight loss, new study from the University of Copenhagen concludes.

Skipping Evolution: Some Kangaroos Didn’t Hop, Scientists Explain

Extinct kangaroos used alternative methods to their famous hop according to comprehensive analysis from University of Bristol and the University of Uppsala scientists.

Model Analyzes How Viruses Escape The Immune System

Using this computational system, researchers can identify viral protein sequences that could make better vaccine targets.

NHS Policies on Patient's Weight and Access to Hip Replacement Surgery Are Inappropriate, Study Finds

Weight and body mass index (BMI) policies introduced by NHS commissioning groups in England are inappropriate and worsening health inequalities, according to a new study published in BMC Medicine today [13 June] that analysed nearly 490,000 hip surgeries.

Why Cancer Cells Waste So Much Energy

MIT study sheds light on the longstanding question of why cancer cells get their energy from fermentation.

Bartender Model Predicts How Drugs Affect Each Person

RESEARCH A model based on numerous studies of people with type 2 diabetes can make a new type of prediction: how a certain drug would affect each person at the molecular biological level.

Which Came First: the Reptile or the Egg?

The earliest reptiles, birds and mammals may have borne live young, researchers from Nanjing University and University of Bristol have revealed.

Search For Axions From Nearby Star Betelgeuse Comes Up Empty

Results significantly narrow the range of possible places to find the hypothetical dark matter particles.

Grey Hair And Wrinkles At An Early Age Led Researchers To New Treatment For Rare Cancer

CANCER Sarcoma is a rare and complex type of cancer of i.a. the bones and muscles. Now researchers have found a way to predict which sarcoma patients will benefit the most from a potential new treatment.

Catching Cancer In The Act

Using CRISPR technology, researchers are tracking the lineage of individual cancer cells as they proliferate and metastasize in real-time.

TESS Discovers Four Exoplanets Orbiting A Nearby Sun-Like Star

MIT-led NASA mission finds a multi-planetary system that could be an “ideal laboratory” to study planetary formation and evolution.

Ancient Herbivore’s Diet Weakened Teeth Leading to Eventual Starvation, Study Suggests

A team of researchers from the University of Bristol have shed light on the life of the ancient reptile Rhynchosaur, which walked the earth between 250-225 million years ago, before being replaced by the dinosaurs.

Human Factors Affect Bees’ Communication, Researchers Find

Human influences have the potential to reduce the effectivity of communication in bees adding further stress to struggling colonies, according to new analysis.

Alcohol Dependency in Adolescence, but Not Consumption, Linked with Later Depression Risk

Adolescents who show signs of alcohol dependence are more likely to develop depression by their mid-20s, according to a new study led by University of Bristol and UCL researchers.

New Study Shows How Adaptations to Living in a Cold Climate Promoted Social Evolution

For the first time ever, scientists have uncovered evidence that a species’ long-term adaptation to living in an extremely cold climate has led to the evolution of social behaviours including extended care by mothers,