How does the brain form “fear memory” that links a traumatic event to a particular situation? A pair of researchers at the University of California, Riverside, may have found an answer. Using a mouse model, the researchers demonstrated the formation…
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How coronavirus is upsetting the blood supply chain
The coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, has created enormous anxiety, uncertainty, and disruption to our lives. Much has already been written about potential shortages of medicines and face masks, but little has been said about something only you and…
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Here’s how dirty your cell phone really is
Your phone is disgusting. Think about it. You take it everywhere, touch it all the time, and non-millennials even talk on it, placing the whole device near your nose and mouth. This is the same phone most people also take…
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How to clean the bundle of germs that is your phone
You’re washing your hands countless times a day to try to ward off the coronavirus. You should also wash that extension of your hand and breeding ground for germs—your phone. Tests done by scientists show that the virus can live…
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Vaccines: How we make them, how they work, why we need them
Between the coughing, sneezing, stuffy noses and watery eyes, it’s clear that we’re in the midst of cold and flu season, which serves as an annual reminder of the critical role vaccines play in the fight against the spread of…
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Study finds key mechanism for how typhoid bacteria infects
A new study has uncovered key details for how the Salmonella bacteria that causes typhoid fever identifies a host’s immune cells and delivers toxins that disrupt the immune system and allow the pathogen to spread. The findings, published Feb. 21…
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What’s next for coronavirus, how to avoid it, and will there be a vaccine?
As the new coronavirus, known in shorthand as COVID-19, continues to spread around the world, researchers, including those at the University of Virginia, are turning their attention to developing vaccines and antiviral drugs that could contain and treat the respiratory…
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Made in Chelsea star JAMIE LAING tells how he was struck by tinnitus
‘I searched my house for the buzzing noise but it was in my head’: Made in Chelsea star JAMIE LAING tells how he was struck by tinnitus which affects more than seven million Britons Jamie Laing, 31, star of Channel…
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How far could the new coronavirus spread?
With every passing moment, another breaking report about the newfound coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, hits your news feed. So far, more than 7,700 cases of the virus have been confirmed, including more than 100 cases beyond China. But one vital question is…
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How language proficiency correlates with cognitive skills
An international team of researchers carried out an experiment at HSE University demonstrating that knowledge of several languages can improve the performance of the human brain. In their study, they registered a correlation between participants’ cognitive control and their proficiency…
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