Most Americans don’t know this food raises colon cancer risk

March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, and a new poll from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and Morning Consult highlights a major knowledge gap. Nearly half of Americans do not realize that eating processed meat is linked to a higher risk of colorectal cancer. The survey, conducted among…

Why your brain may be sabotaging your balance as you age

Lena Ting of Emory University and her team set out to understand how aging and Parkinson’s disease affect the way the brain and muscles respond when a person tries to regain balance. In earlier experiments, the researchers studied young adults by suddenly destabilizing them, essentially pulling a rug out from…

First ever atomic movie reveals hidden driver of radiation damage

Scientists filmed atoms “roaming” before exploding — revealing a hidden driver of radiation damage. The process: The research centers on electron-transfer-mediated decay (ETMD), a radiation-driven process that can cause loosely bound atoms to break apart. This mechanism is especially important because it can generate highly reactive particles in water, making…

Honey bees dance better with an audience

“Dance like nobody’s watching?” That idea does not apply to honey bees. Scientists have spent years decoding the honey bee “waggle dance,” a highly sophisticated form of communication. Researchers from the University of California San Diego and their international partners have now clarified how this behavior allows bees to share…

Fathers face rising depression risk a year after baby arrives

Fathers in Sweden are less likely to receive a psychiatric diagnosis during their partner’s pregnancy and in the months right after their child is born. But this pattern reverses over time. A new study published in JAMA Network Open reports that diagnoses of depression and stress-related conditions rise about a…

This tiny implant, smaller than a grain of salt, can read your brain

Researchers at Cornell University, working with collaborators, have created an extremely small neural implant that can sit on a grain of salt. Despite its size, the device can wirelessly transmit brain activity data from a living animal for more than a year. The advance, reported in Nature Electronics, shows that…

Scientists just solved a major mystery about how your brain stores memories

For memories to be useful, the brain must connect what happened with the situation in which it occurred. Researchers at the University of Bonn have now uncovered how the human brain handles this task. Their findings show that two distinct groups of neurons store content and context separately, then coordinate…

Il cda di Mps indica Fabrizio Palermo unico candidato Ad – Notizie – Ansa.it

Il cda di Mps ha indicato Fabrizio Palermo quale “unico candidato alla carica di amministratore delegato” della banca” all’interno della sua lista per il rinnovo del consiglio del Monte. Lo si legge in una nota. L’individuazione di Palermo, spiega Mps, “è avvenuta all’esito di un processo strutturato e documentato, condotto…

In Brasile prima deputata trans a presiedere la Commissione donna – News – Ansa.it

La deputata Erika Hilton, eletta presidente della Commissione donna della Camera brasiliana, è la prima parlamentare trans a ricoprire l’incarico nel Congresso del Paese sudamericano. La sua nomina segna un passaggio politico simbolico in un parlamento attualmente caratterizzato da una forte presenza di forze conservatrici, tra partiti tradizionali di centrodestra,…