A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Microbiomes Could Hold Keys to Improving Life
[caption id="attachment_6542" align="alignnone" width="605"] The microbiomes in our gastrointestinal tracts regulate wide-ranging physiological, metabolic, immunologic, cognitive, behavioral, and psychiatric traits. (Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University)[/caption] Forty-eight scientists from 50 institutions in the U.S. have…
UN Agency Links Hot Dogs and Other Processed…
[caption id="attachment_6539" align="alignright" width="300"] (Credit: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)[/caption] Bacon, hot dogs and cold cuts are under fire: The World Health Organization threw its global weight behind years of doctors' warnings and declared Monday that…
Immunity from H1N1 flu vaccine wears off rapidly
Individuals who get the flu vaccine lose their immunity to the H1N1 influenza virus in about two years, according to an analysis led by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. [caption id="attachment_6536" align="alignright" width="300"] Spatio-temporal patterns…
Divorce rate does not go up as families…
MADISON - Couples raising a child with developmental disabilities do not face a higher risk of divorce if they have larger families, according to a new study by researchers from the Waisman Center at the…