How Astrocytes Control Brain Blood Flow and Pressure
A star-shaped brain cell known as an astrocyte helps maintain stable blood pressure and blood flow within the brain, researchers report. Astrocytes…
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AI and Robotics Transforming Spinal Cord Injury Care
Summary: Using artificial intelligence and robotic automation, researchers have stabilized an enzyme that can break down scar tissue formed after spinal cord…
How Facial Expressions Impair Recognition of Unfamiliar Faces
Summary: A new study finds that facial expressions can interfere with our ability to distinguish unfamiliar faces. Source: University of Bristol. Faces…
Why People Empathize With Robots
Neurophysiological Evidence of Human Empathy for Robots in Perceived Pain Empathy is a fundamental human capacity: we routinely sense and respond to…
Discovery of Cellular Death Dance Reframes Role of Inflammation
Summary: TNFR1 receptors organize into ordered clusters on the cell surface, joining trimers into higher-order oligomers that drive pro-inflammatory signaling linked to…
How Pitch and Rhythm Shape Infant Language Development
Summary: New research shows that prosody—the rhythm, melodic stress, pitch contours and pauses of speech—plays a central role in infants’ language learning…
Common Mechanism Links Cancer, Aging and Inflammation
Summary: Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh report new insights into telomere biology that clarify how oxidative damage affects telomerase activity and…
Study: Young Adults with Obesity Show Early Brain Stress
Summary: New research from Arizona State University finds that young adults with obesity already show biological signs linked to liver stress, chronic…
Make Every Move Count for Heart Health
Summary: New research shows that replacing sedentary time with moderate to vigorous activity across the day leads to meaningful improvements in heart…
How Depression Accelerates Brain Aging and Memory Loss
Summary: A new study finds that older adults with more pronounced depressive symptoms tend to have smaller overall brain volume and a…
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