Category: Tech

As children worldwide spend more time seated and less time active, Japanese researchers have discovered that even minimal amounts of physical activity can make...

Scientists have found that an overactive immune system may underlie a common but difficult-to-diagnose form of depression.   Read More

Researchers have traced how Balanophora evolved an extreme parasitic lifestyle—shrinking its plastid genome and, in some species, abandoning sexual reproduction entirely.   Read More

The 14th Global Young Scientists Summit gathered young researchers and eminent speakers for fruitful conversations that explore the path of research today.   Read...

Researchers identified a small group of neurons in the mouse brain that decides when a loss changes an animal’s place in the social hierarchy....

Korean researchers have found a protein called Numb that may block the brain’s natural antidepressant response, especially in older patients.   Read More

Researchers found that coffee beans harvested from the faeces of the Asian palm civet had a significantly higher total fat content than the traditionally...

A subtle eye movement shows how attention determines whether sound translates into bodily timing.   Read More

‘Drains’ in the brain that remove toxic waste can get blocked, a phenomenon more likely in those showing early symptoms of Alzheimer’s.   Read...