Lift weights, improve your memory

Medicine & Technology Oct 02, 2014

Here's another reason why it's a good idea to hit the gym: it can improve memory. A new Georgia Institute of Technology study shows that an intense workout of as little as 20 minutes can enhance episodic memory, also known as long-term memory for previous events, by about 10 percent in healthy young adults.

What happens in our brain when we unlock a door?

Oct 02, 2014

People who are unable to button up their jacket or who find it difficult to insert a key in lock suffer from a condition known as apraxia.

New Absorber Will Lead to Better Biosensors

Oct 02, 2014

Biological sensors, or biosensors, are like technological canaries in the coalmine.

Treatment of substance abuse can lessen risk of future violence in mentally ill, study finds

Oct 02, 2014

If a person is dually diagnosed with a severe mental illness and a substance abuse problem, are improvements in their mental health or in their substance abuse most likely to reduce the risk of future violence?

A new target for controlling inflammation? Long non-coding RNAs fine-tune the immune system

Oct 02, 2014

Regulation of the human immune system's response to infection involves an elaborate network of complex signaling pathways that turn on and off multiple genes.

Intervention Helps Decrease “Mean Girl” Behaviors, MU Researchers Find

Oct 02, 2014

Relational aggression, or "mean girl" bullying, is a popular subject in news and entertainment media.

Fibromyalgia and the role of brain connectivity in pain inhibition

Oct 01, 2014

The cause of fibromyalgia, a chronic pain syndrome is not known.

New Molecule Could Fight Oxidative Stress, Lead to Therapies for Cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease, MU Researchers Say

Oct 01, 2014

Breathing oxygen helps the body create energy for its cells.

Montmorency tart cherry juice lowered blood uric acid levels and a marker for inflammation

Oct 01, 2014

Tart cherries have long been researched for their association with pain relief - ranging from gout and arthritis joint pain to exercise-related muscle pain.

Scientists identify which genes are active in muscles of men and women

Oct 01, 2014

New report in the FASEB Journal maps the transcriptome of human skeletal muscle, revealing never-before-identified gene activity and that men have more active muscle genes than women have

Synthetic sperm protein raises the chance for successful in vitro fertilization

Oct 01, 2014

New research in the FASEB Journal suggests that a synthetic version of the sperm protein PAWP satisfies criteria of genuine sperm-borne oocyte activation for IVF

New learning mechanism for individual nerve cells

Oct 01, 2014

The traditional view is that learning is based on the strengthening or weakening of the contacts between the nerve cells in the brain. However, this has been challenged by new research findings from Lund University in Sweden. These indicate that there is also a third mechanism – a kind of clock function that gives individual nerve cells the ability to time their reactions.

Virginia Tech researchers discover potential biomarker to detect 'bubble boy' disorder

Oct 01, 2014

Gut microbe in patients may tip doctors about the disease

A Heartbeat Away? Hybrid "Patch" Could Replace Transplants

Oct 01, 2014

TAU researcher harnesses gold nanoparticles to engineer novel biocompatible cardiac patch

Americans undergo colonoscopies too often, study finds

Oct 01, 2014

Following the proper guidelines could save money and discomfort of unnecessary screenings