'Is that a bacon sandwich?' Fruit flies react to smells while asleep
Researchers have tracked flies' ability to interpret information while asleep, showing which parts of the brain remain 'awake'.
Researchers have tracked flies' ability to interpret information while asleep, showing which parts of the brain remain 'awake'.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 29, 2021
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New research shows humans aren't the only ones who can turn irritable and aggressive between meals.
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2021
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High school students facing housing deprivation have double the rates of depression and suicide risk, according to a large-scale study based on the Youth2000 surveys co-led by Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington ...
Social Sciences
Jun 3, 2021
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Around 700 child deaths that occur in England each year might be avoided by reducing deprivation, finds a new NHS England-funded report published today [13 May]. The University of Bristol National Child Mortality Database ...
Social Sciences
May 13, 2021
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A comprehensive study from Uppsala University demonstrates that socioeconomic deprivation modifies genetic effects on higher education and abstract reasoning. The paper illustrates how genes play a greater role in educational ...
Social Sciences
Apr 28, 2021
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School absenteeism increased amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland generally, and especially in more deprived areas, according to research at the University of Strathclyde.
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2021
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Widely cited on the topic of contact tracing during the nationwide lockdown last year, Associate Professor Malcolm Campbell has collaborated with colleagues from UC's GeoHealth Laboratory, School of Health Sciences, Denmark's ...
Social Sciences
Mar 17, 2021
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Going on holiday can affect shift workers on the level of gene function: a new study indicates that resting during a holiday period restored functions associated with DNA regulation in shift workers suffering from sleep deprivation.
Biotechnology
Feb 22, 2021
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Significant proportions of U.S. respondents were experiencing economic hardships even early in the COVID-19 pandemic, with Hispanic citizens being particularly affected, according to research by Shatakshee Dhongde at the ...
Economics & Business
Dec 16, 2020
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Many people have experienced a few nights of bad sleep that resulted in shifting attention spans, impulsive tendencies and hyperactivity the next day—all behaviors resembling ADHD. A new study found that this dynamic may ...
Social Sciences
Aug 12, 2020
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