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Space Exploration Mar 13, 2024

Do astronauts experience 'space headaches'?

Space travel and zero gravity can take a toll on the body. A new study has found that astronauts with no prior history of headaches may experience migraine and tension-type headaches during long-haul space flight, which includes ...

Plants & Animals Mar 11, 2024

Study illuminates the protective role of fluorescence in neon-colored sea anemones

For the first time, a team of researchers at Stanford University and UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography has uncovered a direct genetic link between fluorescence and color in sea anemones—those soft and tentacled ...

Cell & Microbiology Apr 3, 2023

Basic science shows how a single mutation causes ataxia

Worldwide, only a handful of patients are known to suffer from episodic ataxia type 6, a neurological disease that causes transient loss of muscle control. The cause lies in a mutation that changes a single amino acid in ...

Ecology Mar 19, 2023

Unwanted visitor ruins spring break in Florida—toxic algae

With its brilliant sun, white sand and turquoise water, Lido Key Beach would make for a perfect postcard of Florida beaches if it weren't for the dozens of dead fish lying on the shore, killed by a toxic algae bloom known ...

Biochemistry Nov 16, 2022

Scientists show how fentanyl and morphine act on μ opioid receptor

Pain, especially chronic pain, is a common neurological phenomenon. The most common chronic pain conditions include low back pain, arthritis pain, migraine and cancer pain—all of which seriously affect people's physical ...

Space Exploration Aug 17, 2022

The mission to make longer-lasting space drugs

How do we make medicine last the extreme conditions of space exploration?

Cell & Microbiology Jun 17, 2022

Scientists make breakthrough in understanding serotonin receptors

Serotonin (5-HT) is one of the main neurotransmitters in the human central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. It helps regulate appetite, memory, cognition and mood through serotonin receptors (5-HTR).

Economics & Business Feb 11, 2022

Tens of thousands of people in Denmark have migraines at work

A new study shows that people with migraine or frequent tension headaches have a reduced work ability. The researchers hope that the new knowledge may help workplaces become better at accommodating those suffering from headaches.

Cell & Microbiology Feb 7, 2022

Yeast cells converted to 'mini factories' to make dementia drugs

Scientists from the UK and Singapore have successfully engineered common baker's yeast to produce a key ingredient for dementia medicines.

Plants & Animals Jan 21, 2022

Sex-typical behavior of male, female mice guided by differences in brain's gene activity

Male and female mouse brains differ in important ways, according to a new study led by Stanford Medicine investigators.

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