Summary: Fermented foods such as kimchi and kombucha contain amino acids which are key to the production of serotonin and consuming these foods can have a positive impact on mood…
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In Sync Brainwaves Predict Learning
Summary: Students have better learning outcomes when their brains are in sync with their fellow students and teachers, researchers discovered. Source: NYU Students whose brainwaves are more in sync with…
Astronomers peer inside the ‘Dragon Cloud’
arXiv (2023). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2303.15499″> The inner core of the “dragon cloud” complex. Credit: Barnes et al, arXiv (2023). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2303.15499 How did the most massive stars form? Astronomers have debated…
Time Out: We All Need a Three-Day Weekend
Summary: A three-day weekend is good for our health, a new study reports. An extra day of rest improves sleep duration, increases physical activity, and was associated with overall healthier…
Hibernating bears don’t get blood clots. Now scientists know why
People stuck sitting in tight airplane seats for an entire long-haul flight are at risk of dangerous blood clots. But somehow immobile, hibernating bears are not. Now scientists know why.…
A New Peptide May Hold Potential as an Alzheimer’s Treatment
Summary: Researchers say a peptide that blocks the hyperactive version of the CDK5 enzyme reduces neurodegeneration and DNA damage in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. Animals treated with the peptide…
Estrogen in birth control could be cut way back, a study suggests
Estrogen causes hormonal birth controls’ most serious and rare side effects, such as stroke and heart attack. The hormone is also at the root of some of the contraceptives’ less…
One Brain, Multiple and Simultaneous Alternative Decision Strategies
Summary: When it comes to decision-making, rather than committing to a single strategy, the brain computes multiple decision strategies simultaneously. Source: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown Choosing a checkout line…
‘Flash droughts’ are growing increasingly common
Fast-forming droughts are occurring more often and with greater speed in many parts of the world due to climate change, a new study finds. These “flash droughts” are replacing more…
Laser light hybrids control giant currents at ultrafast times
Circularly polarized laser pulse (a-c) versus a hencomb laser pulse (d-f). The vector potential of a circularly polarized lightwave applied to the two dimensional material Tungsten Diselenide generates no residual…
