Our sense of taste helps pace our eating. Understanding how may lead to new avenues for weight loss

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As a scientist who investigates hunger and weight control, I’m interested in the way our brains let us know we’ve had enough. As we begin to…

Experimental gene therapy allows kids with inherited deafness to hear

In this photo provided by researchers in January 2024, Dr. Yilai Shu examines a young patient at the Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai, China, after a…

Music’s Healing Notes: Traits Trump Genre for Stress Relief

Summary: Specific characteristics of music, rather than genre, play a crucial role in stress recovery. The research, involving 470 participants, identified that stress-relieving songs often share common features, regardless of…

Health care workforce turnover increased after pandemic

There was an increase in health care workforce turnover after the pandemic, according to a study published online Jan. 26 in JAMA Health Forum. Karen Shen, Ph.D., from Johns Hopkins…

Immunotherapy post-surgery found to improve overall survival for kidney cancer

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain For the first time in fifty years, results from a phase 3 randomized, placebo-controlled trial have shown an overall survival benefit from an adjuvant therapy in…

Jade mask discovered in pyramid tomb of Maya King

Archaeologists have discovered an intact jade mask in the tomb of a Maya King at Chochkitam, a little-known Maya polity in northeastern Peten, Guatemala. Contemporary inscriptions indicate that Chochkitam was…

Income Gap Influences Friendships in Adolescents

Summary: A new study reveals that adolescents from low-income families are less socially integrated in school compared to their higher-income peers, regardless of the school’s socioeconomic context. Analyzing data from…

New tool helps predict progression of Alzheimer’s

Dajiang Zhu, an associate professor in computer science and engineering at UTA. Credit: University of Texas at Arlington About 55 million people worldwide are living with dementia, according to the…

Ancient tsunami wiped out prehistoric communities in Northern England

A study by the University of York has revealed that a tsunami wiped out prehistoric communities living in Northumberland, England, causing wide-scale depopulation across the region. According to the study,…

Common cold or COVID-19? Some T cells are ready to combat both

LJI Research Instructor Annie Elong Ngono (left) and LJI Postdoctoral Fellow Rúbens Alves, Ph.D., served as co-first authors of the new SARS-CoV-2 study. Credit: Matthew Ellenbogen, LJI Creative Producer Scientists…