Reshaping the OCD Brain: How Therapy Alters Neural Connectivity

Summary: A new study reveals that exposure and response prevention (EX/RP), a primary therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), effectively reshapes brain connectivity. This therapy enhances cognitive control by strengthening connections…

AI- and human-generated online content are considered similarly credible, finds study

Parsing the Puzzle of Nucleon Spin

Newswise — NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Alexandre Deur has spent his career studying the mystifying spin structure of the nucleon — which is also one of the primary missions of…

Major archaeological discoveries in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

In an announcement by the State Office for Culture and Monument Preservation (LAKD), archaeologists excavating in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have uncovered seven Bronze Age swords, 6,000 silver…

Theory Offers a High-Resolution View of Quarks Inside Protons

The Science Newswise — Protons contain two up quarks and one down quark. New calculations predicting the spatial distributions of the charges, momentum, and other properties of the quarks within…

What happens when the vaginal microbiome attacks

In bacterial vaginosis, bacteria (bottom) attack the surface of epithelial cells in the vagina (top). This phenomenon could help explain why bacterial vaginosis is associated with many poor health outcomes.…

Blackstone acquires pet care app Rover in $2.3 billion all-cash deal

A sign for The Blackstone Group L.P. investment firm stands in front of their offices, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in New York. Private equity giant Blackstone will acquire the pet…

Observations find evolving material, not rings, circling Centaur Chiron

Researchers achieve quantum storage of entangled photons at telecom wavelengths in a crystal

Quantum tool opens door to uncharted phenomena

The temperature profiles obtained by the researchers show that particles that interact strongly with the environment are “hot” (red) and those that interact little are “cold” (blue). Entanglement is therefore…