Heightened activity in the amygdala - a region of the brain involved in stress - is associated with a greater risk of heart disease and stroke, according to a study published in The Lancet.
New research now shows that chronic consumption of a western diet leads to overeating and obesity due to elevations in 'peripheral endocannabinoid signaling.'
For over two decades, psychologists and communication scholars have been seriously studying the degree a person is able to correctly understand another’s unsaid thoughts or feelings.
Researchers have provided the first close-up glimpse of a protein, called MurJ, which is crucial for building the bacterial cell wall and protecting it from outside attack.
Scientists have designed a biosensor capable of detecting cancer antibodies in serum samples from both cancer patients and patients at high risk of developing cancer.
The 11 farthest known stars in our galaxy are located about 300,000 light-years from Earth. New research shows that half of those stars might have been ripped from another galaxy.
A process using human stem cells can generate the cells that cover the external surface of a human heart according to a multidisciplinary team of researchers.