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Multifunctional e-glasses monitor health, protect eyes, control video games

Fitness tracker bracelets and watches provide useful information, such as step count and heart rate, but they usually can’t provide more detailed data about the wearer’s health. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces have deve…

Clues to COVID-19 in the brain uncovered in new study

A study reviewing neuroimaging and neurological symptoms in patients with COVID-19 may shed light on the virus’s impact on the central nervous system.

Optimal time to treat Huntington’s disease identified

The earliest brain changes due to Huntington’s disease can be detected 24 years before clinical symptoms show, according to a new study.

Exposure to ‘good bacteria’ during pregnancy buffers risk of autism-like syndrome

Giving beneficial bacteria to stressed mothers during the equivalent of the third trimester of pregnancy prevents an autism-like disorder in their offspring, according to a new animal study.

Similar to humans, chimpanzees develop slowly

Researchers have systematically investigated developmental milestones in wild chimpanzees of the Taï National Park (Ivory Coast) and found that they develop slowly, requiring more than five years to reach key motor, communication and social milestones…

New approach to some mental disorders

Depression, anxiety and PTSD might not be disorders at all, according to biological anthropologists. In the paper, the researchers propose a new approach to mental illness that would be informed by human evolution, noting that modern psychology, and in…

A child’s brain activity reveals their memory ability

A child’s unique brain activity reveals how good their memories are, according to new research.

Unique insight into development of the human brain: Model of the early embryonic brain

Stem cell researchers have designed a model of an early embryonic brain. The model will increase our understanding of how the human brain develops and can thereby help to accelerate the development of stem cell treatments for brain disorders such as Pa…

Brain’s ‘updating mechanisms’ may create false memories

New research is one of the first comprehensive characterizations of poorly formed memories and may offer a framework to explore different therapeutic approaches to fear, memory and anxiety disorders. It may also have implications for accuracy of some w…

Scientists find evidence of link between diesel exhaust, risk of Parkinson’s

A new study in zebrafish identified the process by which air pollution can damage brain cells, potentially contributing to Parkinson’s disease.