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Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): Visual memory might not be dependent on a person’s attention level or what a scene contains, but it is the timing of when the scene is presented which is important, says a new study.
The study by researchers at the University of Washington shows how visual scenes are encoded into memory at [...]

The AP investigation found that Toyota has been inconsistent — and sometimes even contradictory — in revealing exactly what the devices record and don’t record, including critical data about whether the brake or accelerator pedals were depressed at the time of a crash.
SOUTHLAKE, Texas– Toyota has for years blocked access to data stored in devices [...]

Washington, Mar 5 (ANI): Stress not only hurts your brain, but also has a bad effect on teeth, claims a new study.

Boffins writing in BioMed Central’’s open access journal Head & Face Medicine studied the causes of ‘’sleep bruxism”, gnashing teeth during the night, finding that it was especially common in those who try to [...]

Washington, Sept 18 (ANI): Binge drinking can weaken body’s ability to fight off infections for at least 24 hours afterwards, finds a new study.

Stephen Pruett, currently at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University, USA and Ruping Fan of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Centre, [...]

Washington, Sept 18 (ANI): A simple vaccine may soon be available to protect against urinary tract infections, thanks to researchers from University of Michigan.

The study conducted over mice showed that the vaccine prevented infection and produced key types of immunity.

It alerts the [...]

London, September 16 (ANI): High intake of chocolate and chips along with mental health issues is linked to the development of zits, pimples, bumps and blemishes in young people, says a Norwegian study.

Researcher Jon Anders Halvorsen, University of Oslo, along with co-authors from Lhasa (Tibet) and Boston (US) looked into the possible causes of the [...]

London, September 2 (ANI): Playing Tetris may help increase brain efficiency, says a new research.

Researchers from Mind Research Network in Albuquerque, New Mexico, examined the effects of practice in the brain using two image techniques.

Dr. Rex Jung and Dr. Richard Haier, co-investigators in the Tetris study, made use of brain imaging and Tetris to see [...]

Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): A new study, conducted by researchers in the U.S., has shown that the circadian system is not the only pathway involved in determining alertness at night – red light, which does not stimulate the circadian system, is just as effective at increasing nighttime alertness as blue light, which does.

Mariana Figueiro from [...]

Washington, Aug 25 (ANI): In a new study, Finnish researchers have found that adults born with very low birth weight have lower bone mineral density.

Led by Dr. Petteri Hovi, from the National Institute for Health and Welfare Helsinki, Finland, the researchers evaluated skeletal health in 144 adults (ages ranging from 18 to 27 years) who [...]

Washington, Aug 20 (ANI): Cigarette smokers have fewer and flatter taste buds, says a new study on Greek soldiers.

The research on the tongues of 62 soldiers, published in the open access journal BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders, has demonstrated how cigarettes deaden the ability to taste.

Pavlidis Pavlos led a team of researchers from the [...]

Washington, Aug 18 (ANI): Moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea raises the risk of dying from any cause in middle-aged adults, says a new study.

The study provides the strongest evidence to date of a link between increased risk of death and sleep apnea, a common disorder in which the upper airway is intermittently narrowed during [...]

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Washington, July 14 (ANI): Watching child pornography does not alone lead a person to commit a sex offence in future, according to a study.

For the research, the scientists studied 231 men convicted of consuming child pornography in 2002.

It was found that only 1 percent had gone on to commit a hands-on sex offence in the [...]

Washington, July 2 (ANI): A new piece of research suggests that inbreeding can trigger a downward spiral of reduction among the already declining bumblebee populations.

Published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology, the study has for the first time provided proof that inbreeding reduces colony fitness under natural conditions by increasing the production [...]

Washington, July 1 (ANI): Chinese scientists have unravelled the protein composition of the Scorpiops jendeki scorpion’s venom.

Experts at Wuhan University claim that they are the first research team to have analysed venom in this arachnid, and discovered nine novel poison molecules, never before seen in any scorpion species.

Dr. Yibao Ma led the team of researchers [...]

Washington, June 27 (ANI): A drug in development for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has been found to be well tolerated and effective in a clinical trial, say researchers.

The trial of the drug called masitinib [...]

Washington, June 26 (ANI): An international team of researchers claims to have uncovered the patterns of genetic changes in mental retardation.

Mental retardation is caused by many different, yet individually rare DNA deletions and duplications.

The researchers have identified certain DNA changes responsible for the condition.

During the study, the scientists took DNA from over 150 individuals with [...]

Washington, June 25 (ANI): Researchers from University of Edinburgh have found certain neurological differences that can support the existence of various subtypes of dyslexia.

These differences can be linked to different language difficulties within [...]

Washington, June 19 : Most people believe that bottled water is healthier than tap water, a new research has found.
However, such individuals are unaware of the exact benefits of consuming packed water but think they don’t make much of a difference.
Lorna Ward led a team of researchers from the University of Birmingham who carried out [...]

Washington, May 16 (ANI): Studying small groups of cichlids to understand why females help raise the dominant pair’s offspring, scientists at the University of Bern have said that here exists no evidence to support the belief that female cichlids engage in reciprocal altruism.

Lead researcher Dik Heg instead [...]