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·March 21, 2023·5 min read

To Ward off Aging, Stem Cells Must Take Out the Trash

Blood stem cells use an unexpected method to remove misfolded proteins, and the pathway's activity declines with age. However, boosting the aggrephagy pathway could help prevent age-related diseases.

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·March 21, 2023·5 min read

Strong Child-Parent Relationships Lead to Better Long-Term Health Outcomes in Young Adults

Children and adolescents who report having a strong relationship with their parents have better long-term health outcomes, a new study reports.

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·March 21, 2023·3 min read

Machine Learning Programs Predict Risk of Death Based on Results From Routine Hospital Tests

Using ECG data, a new machine learning algorithm was able to predict death within 5 years of a patient being admitted to hospital with 87% accuracy. The AI was able to sort patients into 5 categories ranging from low to high risk of death.

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·March 21, 2023·3 min read

Newborn Babies’ Brains Reveal New Insights in Child Development

Researchers found the presence of numerous brain asymmetries in brain areas associated with language and visual tasks like facial recognition in newborns. They also discovered the asymmetries in preterm babies were the same as in those born to term. The findings suggest brain asymmetry may be hard-wired and critical for later brain development.

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·March 21, 2023·5 min read

Readers Found to Rely on Word Spelling Rather Than Sound in Reading

Both adults and young children rely on orthographic information, or letter image and word length, over phonological information when reading.

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·March 21, 2023·4 min read

Brain Decline Comes Later Than Previously Thought

Brain decline begins during our 30s and 40s, and not at age 25 as previously believed, researchers say.

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·March 21, 2023·4 min read

Few People Seem to Find Real Joy in JOMO

People who enjoy experiencing JOMO, the "joy of missing out", tend to have higher levels of social anxiety, a new study reports.

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·March 21, 2023·5 min read

Personality Traits and Life Satisfaction Linked Throughout Adult Lifespan

Emotional stability was the most common trait linked to people's life satisfaction, social connections, and career.

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·March 20, 2023·3 min read

AI Algorithm Puts the Color Back in Black and White Films

A newly developed integrated software application combines interactive and automated coloring techniques with deep learning technology. The application is able to generate color to black and white movies automatically.

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·March 20, 2023·4 min read

Changing One’s Behavior in Different Social Interactions Is Child’s Play

Young children encode social cues according to context, then process the social stimuli to form a representation of the current social situation. Once the action values are compared, children then chose to perform the optimal action that has the highest value.

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·March 20, 2023·1 min read

New Head-Worn Device to Control Mobile Manipulators Developed

A newly developed head-worn device allows users with movement disorders and paralysis to better control mobile manipulators, thus improving quality of life and increasing personal autonomy.

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·March 20, 2023·4 min read

Excess Calories During Development May Alter the Brain and Spur Adult Overeating

Early overnutrition rewires brain development to crave unhealthy food and increases the risk for obesity late in life in children born to mothers who were overweight during pregnancy.