The Weizmann Institute of Science published a study in PLOS Biology that revealed that women’s tears lower testosterone and aggression in men. Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have shown that social cues in human tears function as a “chemical blanket,” preventing others from becoming aggressive. The
A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science has revealed that smoking shrinks the brain and quitting doesn’t restore size. A recent study demonstrates that smoking causes the brain to shrink and that quitting does not undo the damage. The results contribute to the understanding of why smokers
In a study published in the journal Nature Electronics, researchers from Indiana University introduced a breakthrough cyber neural network, which is a living brain tissue power made using stem cells. An important advancement in science has been made by Indiana University researchers who used organoids, or brain-like structures made from
A new study from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and the Department of Chemistry at Trinity College of Arts and Sciences found nanoplastics linked to Parkinson’s and dementia. One day, the plastic water bottle you use on a daily basis can break down into microscopic pieces that cause
A recent study published by NPJ Vaccines reported that the COVID-19 vaccine was found in the hearts of dead people. A recent study found that COVID-19 vaccine was present in individuals who passed away within a month of receiving it. Researchers from the United States examined tissue samples from 25
The Digital Evolution series sponsored by Global X ETFs has provided a visual guide to AI adoption by industry. The world’s workforce is starting to use artificial intelligence’s plethora of applications at a substantial rate as more and more companies invest resources in it. Alan Kennedy of Visual Capitalist examines
A study published on August 31 in Proteomics Clinical Applications has revealed that it detects spike protein in vaccine recipients 6 months after COVID-19 vaccination. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has maintained since the start of the pandemic that COVID-19 vaccine mRNA is “broken down within a
According to a recent study conducted by a multidisciplinary team of scientists from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and California, COVID-19 stay-at-home policies resulted in excessive deaths. Public health workers’ initiatives to safeguard citizens from COVID-19 infection and prevent death may have backfired, according to a recent study (pdf below) reported in
According to a recent study published in the ACS’s Environmental Science and Technology journal, radioactive wild boar are roaming Central Europe as a result of nuclear blasts from the mid-twentieth century. Cesium-soaked truffles from post-World War II weapons tests in Central Europe, as well as the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster,