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According to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers, fructose is converted in the human brain from glucose. The finding, published in the journal JCI Insight, raises questions about fructose’s effects on the brain and eating behavior. Fructose, a simple sugar, is generated in the human brain, according …

Women tend to react with stronger responses to immune challenges while pregnant with girls than with boys, a new study published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity has found. The study by Mitchell et al shows baby’s sex is associated with pregnant women’s immune responses. A team of scientists …

The growth of bacteria can be stimulated by antibiotics, according to a study published in the journal Nature Ecology Evolution. A DNA coverage plot for Escherichia coli following 60 generations (96?h) of growth in the presence and absence of doxycycline: data in the presence (three inner annuli, ‘Dox’) and absence …

A University of Washington-led team of researchers studying monozygotic (identical) twins has found that chronic sleep deprivation suppresses immune system. The research is published in the journal Sleep. The study by N.F. Watson et al shows the transcriptomic effects of habitual short sleep on dysregulated immune response and provides a …

A new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy is the first to look at meteorites from before giant space collision 466 million years ago. This is an artist’s rendering of the space collision 466 million years ago that gave rise to many of the meteorites falling today. Image credit: …

Not all searches are created equal — when it comes to click-through rate (CTR), that is. A new study from Seige Media uncovers the top 42 keyword terms, along with their average CTRs. This exercise examined the top 50 keyword “stems” to find what terms helped spur clicks and, more …

About 8% of the human genome is composed of endogenous retroviruses. According to a new study published in the journal Cell Reports, these retroviruses may have played a significant role in the development of the human brain as well as in various neurological diseases, such as ALS, schizophrenia and bipolar …

According to new research published in the journal Current Biology, a key area of the hummingbird brain processes motion in a unique, unexpected way. The Anna’s hummingbird (Calypte anna). Image credit: Kevin Cole / CC BY 2.0. The brain area in question is called the lentiformis mesencephali (LM), known in …

Retroviruses (Retroviridae) — a family of viruses that includes pathogens such as HIV, feline leukemia, and several cancer-causing viruses — have an ancient marine origin and originated together with, if not before, their jawed vertebrate hosts nearly 450 million years ago in the Ordovician period, according to a new study …