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How music lessons can shape children's social and emotional growth

Long-term music instruction improves children's pitch-matching skills and certain socioemotional abilities, with the strongest benefits observed in music-related tasks.

21 Jul 2024

Leptospirosis research uncovers key factors in disease transmission

Corkscrew-shaped Leptospira and the potentially deadly disease they cause are tricky to study. The bacteria live in the kidneys of animals where they may or may not cause symptoms, and they are readily released into the environment whenever their host urinates.

19 Jul 2024

Nighttime resistance exercise 'activity breaks' may boost sleep duration, study finds

Resistance exercise 'activity breaks' at night may improve sleep length, suggest the findings of a small comparative study published in the open access journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine.

17 Jul 2024

Drastic caloric restriction by athletes diminishes performance and compromises the immune system

Drastically cutting back on caloric intake to lose weight ahead of competition is commonplace among athletes.

15 Jul 2024

Light-activated drugs: A revolutionary approach in neuropathic pain treatment

Light can be used to activate drugs in specific parts of the body through photopharmacology.

11 Jul 2024

Research reveals how motorized processes shape chromosome structure development

Researchers at Rice University are making strides in understanding how chromosome structures change throughout the cell's life cycle.

3 Jul 2024

Supermarket pre-washed vegetables test positive for Cryptosporidium

The presence of the food- and waterborne parasite Cryptosporidium parvum in samples of ready-to-eat, pre-washed vegetables.

24 Jun 2024

Tips to help keep feet healthy during summer and prevent athlete’s foot

As the days heat up and we head into the Summer, many of us suddenly seem to remember that the appendages at the end of our legs need some love and care too.

22 Jun 2024

Newly designed genetic therapy could alleviate debilitating giant moles in rare skin condition

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute for Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) have designed a new genetic therapy that could alleviate debilitating giant moles in a rare skin condition.

17 Jun 2024

UC San Diego engineers develop algae-based microrobots for lung cancer treatment

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed microscopic robots, known as microrobots, capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver cancer-fighting medication directly to metastatic tumors.

12 Jun 2024

Skin cancer awareness urged for sun-exposed elite swimmers

Only a small proportion of elite swimmers regularly checked their skin for signs of cancer despite being at increased risk, according to University of Queensland research.

10 Jun 2024

Sperm counts may not be declining globally, study suggests

The widely held view that sperm counts in men are dropping around the world may be wrong, according to a new study by University of Manchester, Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada and Cryos International, Denmark.

8 Jun 2024

He fell ill on a cruise. Before he boarded the rescue boat, they handed him the bill.

Vincent Wasney and his fiancée, Sarah Eberlein, had never visited the ocean. They'd never even been on a plane.

22 May 2024

Study reveals brown fat's built-in mechanism and potential obesity treatment

Brown fat, also known as brown adipose tissue (BAT), is a type of fat in our bodies that's different from the white fat around our belly and thighs that we are more familiar with.

29 Apr 2024

Giant virus takes down deadly brain parasite

The single-celled organism Naegleria fowleri ranks among the deadliest human parasites. Researchers around Matthias Horn and Patrick Arthofer from the Center for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science at the University of Vienna, in an international collaboration, have discovered viruses that infect this harmful microbe.

24 Apr 2024

Innovative molecular biology technique used to identify targets for Schistosoma mansoni vaccine candidates

Researchers in Brazil have used an innovative technique in molecular biology to identify targets for candidate vaccines against Schistosoma mansoni, the parasite that causes schistosomiasis.

2 Apr 2024

Research highlights health risks posed by 2,6-DHNPs in drinking water

2,6-DHNPs, a group of disinfection byproducts (DBPs), are raising alarm bells for public health. These bad actors in the water world are tougher and more toxic than many other pollutants, making it hard for typical water cleaning methods to get rid of them.

29 Mar 2024