Health
A tropical disease in Switzerland: Call for coordinated action on Chagas disease
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), in collaboration with the World Health O ...View More
Brain inflammation alters behavior according to sex, mouse study finds
Inflammation in the hippocampus -- the brain's memory centre -- significantly alters motivation and ...View More
Genetic discovery links new gene to autism spectrum disorder
New research published in The American Journal of Human Genetics has identified a previously unknown ...View More
Human-like artificial intelligence may face greater blame for moral violations
In a new study, participants tended to assign greater blame to artificial intelligences (AIs) involv ...View More
After lockdown, immune system reacts more strongly to viruses and bacteria
Research from Radboud university medical center shows that the lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemi ...View More
Developing artificial intelligence tools for health care
Reinforcement Learning, an artificial intelligence approach, has the potential to guide physicians i ...View More
Paranoia may be, in part, a visual problem
Could complex beliefs like paranoia have roots in something as basic as vision? A new Yale study fin ...View More
New virtual reality-tested system shows promise in aiding navigation of people with blindness or low vision
A new study offers hope for people who are blind or have low vision (pBLV) through an innovative nav ...View More
Study maps bed bugs' genomes in unprecedented detail to find out why they just won't die
Scientists mapped near-gap-free and near-error-free genomes of a susceptible bed bug strain and a su ...View More
Being digitally hyperconnected causes 'techno-strain' for employees
A new study has shown that employees are experiencing mental and physical techno-strain due to being ...View More
