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The Mystery of Basal Ganglia: What Does Tourette Syndrome Tell Us?

December 13, 2024

Do you know that Tourette Syndrome (TS) might be linked to changes in a specific part of the brain called the basal ganglia? Scientists have been trying to figure this out for a while now. The problem is, there aren't many studies on this, and the ones that exist often don't agree with each other. T

health

Tracking Buprenorphine in Moms and Babies: A New Hair Testing Method

December 13, 2024

Pregnant women dealing with opioid use disorder often rely on Buprenorphine (BUP). Keeping an eye on how much BUP they're taking during pregnancy is super important. It helps make sure they're getting the right dose and staying healthy. One way to do this is by looking at hair samples. Hair can show

sports

Week 15 NFL Picks: Florio vs. Simms Showdown

December 13, 2024

Last week wasn't bad, but it could have been better. Florio and Simms both had a good run, with Florio at 9-4 and Simms at 8-5 straight up. When it came to spreads, they tied at 6-6-1. For the season, Florio leads with 143-65 straight up, and Simms is close behind at 139-69. Against the spread, Flor

health

Health Laws in New York: What's Working and What's Not?

December 13, 2024

You might wonder if all the health laws passed in New York over the last decade actually make a difference. A recent study dove into this question by looking at 13 different health areas and how they affected 311 hotline service complaints. The big finding? Legislation about hazardous materials seem

science

The Meaning Behind Volunteering in Animal Research

December 12, 2024

Have you ever wondered what scientists mean when they talk about animals "volunteering" for research? It turns out that this term has a lot of different meanings in the scientific world. This topic was explored by researchers who looked at how scientists use animals in behavioral and psychological s

science

Mars Helicopter Mystery Solved: Why Ingenuity Crashed

December 12, 2024

Eleven months after Ingenuity, a helicopter on Mars, made its last flight, engineers and scientists from NASA and a private company involved in its creation have found the probable cause of its crash. The problem? The chopper's sensors didn't see enough detail on Mars' smooth surface to figure out i

health

Boosting Enzyme Efficiency with ZIF-90 for Better Glucose Detection

December 10, 2024

In the world of biosensing, enzymes often struggle with stability and efficiency. They can easily break down, and the substances they work on may decompose before the job is done. Scientists have found a clever way to fix this by trapping two essential enzymes, glucose oxidase and horseradish peroxi

crypto

Smart Neural Tools to Outsmart SIMON and SIMECK Ciphers

December 10, 2024

In the realm of cryptography, deep learning has been making waves. At a conference called CRYPTO in 2019, a researcher named Gohr showed how deep learning could be used to crack the NSA's Speck32/64 cipher. Later, a team led by Lu improved on this by targeting SIMON and SIMECK ciphers with related-k

health

Vitiligo: Academic Attention Over the Years

December 10, 2024

Vitiligo, a skin condition that causes patches of lost color, has been getting more attention from researchers over the past two decades. This condition, caused by the disappearance of melanocytes (the cells that give skin its color), has sparked increased interest in the academic world. Scientists

health

How the Top Cited Papers in Journal of Religion and Health Shaped Research

December 9, 2024

The Journal of Religion and Health (JORH) has been linking spirituality and healthcare since 1961. To see how this connection has grown, we looked at the top 100 most cited papers from JORH. This data, from the Scopus database, can tell us a lot about who writes these papers, where they come from, a