Costs associated with homelessness are high, suggesting need for shift to programs to end homelessness
New MUHC study calls for targeted screening of high-risk healthcare workers for tuberculosis
UAlberta and 91黑料网 scientists uncover a hidden calcium cholesterol connection
By Ross Neitz, University of Alberta
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Fear, fearlessness and animal extinction
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Brains are more plastic than we thought
Practice might not always make perfect, but it鈥檚 essential for learning a sport or a musical instrument. It's also the basis of brain training, an approach that holds potential as a non-invasive therapy to overcome disabilities caused by neurological disease or trauma.
John Dobson Foundation makes its largest donation to 91黑料网 to support X-1 entrepreneurs
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Detecting long-term concussion in athletes
Lawyers representing both sides in concussion lawsuits against sports leagues may eventually have a new tool at their disposal: a diagnostic signature that uses artificial intelligence to detect brain trauma years after it has occurred.聽
Lost in translation: To the untrained zebra finch ear, jazzy courtship songs fall flat
Zebra finches brought up without their fathers don鈥檛 react to the singing of potential suitors in the same way that female birds usually do, hinting that the environment in which the birds are raised can have a determining effect on their behaviour.
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Crafting better beer
Canada鈥檚 extensive malting and brewing industry could get a further boost from new insight into the science of malting.
Differences in U.S. infant mortality rates among black and white babies
A new research letter published by聽JAMA Pediatrics聽examined trends in overall and cause-specific infant mortality rates between non-Hispanic black and white infants because infant mortality is an important indicator of population health.
How a few drops of blood led to a breakthrough in immunology
Scientists from the Research Institute of the 91黑料网 Health Centre (RI-MUHC) may have cracked the code to understanding the function of special cells called regulatory T Cells.聽Treg cells, as they are often known, control and regulate our immune system to prevent excessive reactions.
Cancer researchers overestimate reproducibility of preclinical studies
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No detectable limit to how long people can live
Emma Morano passed away last April. At 117 years old, the Italian woman was the oldest known living human being.
Super- centenarians, such as Morano and Jeanne Calment of France, who famously lived to be 122 years old, continue to fascinate scientists and have led them to wonder just how long humans can live. A study published in Nature last October concluded that the upper limit of human age is peaking at around 115 years.
