Wellness

  • Writing ‘To-Do’ Lists Can Help You ‘Fall Asleep Faster’

    Writing ‘To-Do’ Lists Can Help You ‘Fall Asleep Faster’

    Researchers at Baylor University have recently demonstrated that writing a “to-do” list before bed may reduce the amount of time it takes to fall asleep. “We live in a 24/7 culture in which our to-do lists seem to be constantly growing and causing us to worry about unfinished tasks at bedtime,” Michael K. Scullin, lead… Read More

  • Innovative Immunotherapy Method Targets and Kills Cancer Cells Remotely

    Innovative Immunotherapy Method Targets and Kills Cancer Cells Remotely

    Researchers at UC San Diego, along with others from the University of Southern California and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, have developed an innovative immunotherapy method to target and kill cancer cells remotely. This non-invasive method uses an ultrasound-based system to manipulate genetic processes in live immune T cells remotely, so they… Read More

  • Exposure to Nature Boosts Mental Health of City Dwellers

    Exposure to Nature Boosts Mental Health of City Dwellers

    A team of researchers led by King’s College London, UK, has found that exposure to nature in cities increases the levels of a person’s mental wellbeing. In the study, the researchers used a smartphone app they developed to measure a person’s experience of city living in the moment. The study was a cross-disciplinary collaboration among… Read More

  • Decker School of Nursing Gives Telemedicine a Big Boost

    Decker School of Nursing Gives Telemedicine a Big Boost

    The Decker School of Nursing at Binghamton University is giving telemedicine a big boost with its new Southern Tier Telemedicine and Mobile Health Research Development and Training Center. Telemedicine brings healthcare to a patient via telecommunication and information technology without the patient having to travel. “With the new Center, we are able to expand simulation… Read More

  • Mindfulness Training Can Reduce Student Stress Even During Exams

    Mindfulness Training Can Reduce Student Stress Even During Exams

    Researchers at the University of Cambridge have proven mindfulness training as an effective way to limit student stress even during exam time. Stress levels among college students have grown tremendously in recent years. According to a University of Cambridge press release, the number of students engaged in counseling services in the UK grew 50 percent… Read More

  • Lancaster University Develops App to Tackle Loneliness

    Lancaster University Develops App to Tackle Loneliness

    A team of researchers from Lancaster University in the UK has developed an app —  the “Social Connectedness App” — that can help cure loneliness in older adults. The research to create the “Social Connectedness App” is part of the “Mobile Age” project, and was funded by Horizon 2020 EU. The “Mobile Age” project has… Read More

  • Timely Zap to the Brain Prevents Impulsive Urges

    Timely Zap to the Brain Prevents Impulsive Urges

    Researchers at Stanford University have identified a particular pattern of an electrical activity in the key brain region that predicts impulsive actions before they occur. They also found that a short electrical pulse delivered to that particular brain region at the right time can prevent these actions. The researchers believe that this biomarker can be… Read More

  • Japanese Art of Kirigami Inspires Ultrastretchable Device

    Japanese Art of Kirigami Inspires Ultrastretchable Device

    A research team from the Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan has developed an ultrastretchable and deformable bioprobe using Kirigami designs. Kirigami, like Origami, is a Japanese form of paper art, but differs from Origami in that it involves cutting of the paper in addition to folding. Credit: Toyohashi University of Technology With this, lead… Read More

  • University of Calgary Researchers Perform Brain Surgery Without Cutting the Skin

    University of Calgary Researchers Perform Brain Surgery Without Cutting the Skin

    Physicians at the University of Calgary, Canada, in partnership with researchers at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, have successfully performed nine brain surgeries on patients with essential tremor movement disorder without cutting the skin or drilling into the skull. Using magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) technology, the physicians are able to see the brain with… Read More

  • Connecting the Human Brain to the Internet in Real Time

    Connecting the Human Brain to the Internet in Real Time

    A team of researchers at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, has successfully connected a human brain to the internet in real time for the first time in history. The “brainternet” is the creation of Adam Pantanowitz, a lecturer in the university’s School of Electrical & Information Engineering. “I wanted to become the… Read More

  • New UK Study Ties Remission of Type 2 Diabetes to Weight Loss

    New UK Study Ties Remission of Type 2 Diabetes to Weight Loss

    A team of researchers in the UK has found that it is possible to reverse Type 2 diabetes through a low calorie diet program, without any help from medications. The study, which was funded by Diabetes UK, was led by Professor Roy Taylor from Newcastle University and Professor Mike Lean from the University of Glasgow.… Read More

  • US Universities Moving Towards Bicycle Friendly Campuses

    US Universities Moving Towards Bicycle Friendly Campuses

    At Yale University, a typical morning bustles with bike commuters on its largely car-free campus roads. A recently honored Gold-level Bicycle Friendly University, Yale has all kinds of programs and perks encouraging bike riding on campus. And it is definitely not alone. Across the country, college campuses are going green with bicycles. And just like… Read More

  • Cardiff University Researchers Develop Two Unique Methods to Attack Cancer

    Cardiff University Researchers Develop Two Unique Methods to Attack Cancer

    Researchers at Cardiff University in the UK have developed two unique ways of attacking cancer cells. The first method targets cancer-ridden T-cells without harming healthy ones, while the second method uses genetically engineered healthy T-cells to destroy cancerous cells. T-cells, a type of white blood cell, are a part of the immune system that help… Read More

  • McMaster University Students Win Dyson Award for Melanoma Skin Cancer Detection Device

    McMaster University Students Win Dyson Award for Melanoma Skin Cancer Detection Device

    Four students from McMaster University, Canada recently won this year’s James Dyson Award for the handheld melanoma skin cancer detection device they created. Named the sKan, the device earned the students the prestige of being a Dyson International Winner along with cash prizes of $40,000 for themselves and $6,000 for their university department. The award… Read More

  • How Movie and Game Techniques Are Advancing Neuroscience Research

    How Movie and Game Techniques Are Advancing Neuroscience Research

    Scientists across the U.S. are adopting computer generated imagery and virtual reality (VR) techniques from the film and gaming industries to advance research in neuroscience. Two projects presented by the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and by the University of Utah at the 2017 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Washington, D.C. gave… Read More

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