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Single-celled organism uses internal ‘Computer’ to walk

The organism utilizes a complex walking motion.

Pregnant women are exposed to cancer-causing chemicals in dishware and other products

Most chemicals are positively associated with the tobacco biomarker cotinine.

1 in 3 young adults may face severe COVID-19

Smoking habits trump asthma, obesity in risk factors for an otherwise healthy population.

Study uncovers the effect of cooked vs raw food on gut microbiome

How cooking itself alters the composition of the microbial ecosystems in our guts?

Alzheimer’s disease destroys neurons that keep us awake

A study suggests Tau tangles, not amyloid plaques, drive daytime napping that precedes dementia.

Synthetic speech: Virtual voicebox converts brain signals to speech using AI

People with neurological conditions who lose the ability to communicate, typically due to brain damage, stroke or any other medical conditions now have a...

Researchers uncover a circuit for sadness in the human brain

Human brain networks that encode variation in the mood on naturalistic timescales remain largely unexplored. In a new study, scientists combined multi-site, semi-chronic, intracranial...

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