I’m not well, I don’t go out: my brain and immune system decide that
Why does every desire for sociality fade away when we feel bad? It is an active decision of the brain ...
Have we found the first direct evidence of the existence of dark matter?
Nearly 100 years since the existence of dark matter was first proposed, we may have discovered a direct imprint of ...
Violence against women, what effects on the female brain? Unique research in the world on the consequences of trauma
The WISH Lab – Women Intimate Shelter Health project of the University of Padua questions the effects of domestic violence ...
What do the gonads (testes and ovaries) have to do with the fragility of old age? Rottweilers explain it to us
Preserving the hormonal activity of the testes and ovaries could help prevent the fragility typical of advanced age: this is ...
Anxiety causes the hippocampus to age prematurely
Neuropsychiatric disorders associated with anxiety alter the expression of genes and accelerate the maturation of the memory center in the ...
The mother’s stress affects the unborn child’s dental eruption
The stress of mothers in the last months of pregnancy seems to be connected to the early eruption of milk ...
Microrobots the size of a peppercorn deliver drugs only where needed
Soluble, magnetically guided microrobots navigate the thinnest blood vessels to bring medicines where they are needed: clinical trials in the ...
Saturn: never-before-seen organic molecules discovered in Enceladus’ ocean
New substances have been identified that would indicate ongoing chemical (or biochemical) activity in the ocean of Enceladus, Saturn’s icy ...
Alzheimer’s alters the internal clock of individual cells
Alzheimer’s disturbs the circadian rhythms of the brain in a profound way: it ruins the synchrony of cells specialized in ...