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With the UFC set to appear in Prague for the first time this February 23rd, Czech researchers at Charles University have been getting into the fighting spirit. “Recent research shows that humans are capable of inferring fighting ability from facial and body cues,” says Dr. Vit Trebicky, lead author of a new study in Frontiers in Psychology. “But our latest […]
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When learning something new, there are instances where trial and error helps rather than hinders, according to recent findings by Baycrest researchers. Contrary to popular belief, when a person makes a mistake while learning, it improves their memory for the right information, but only if the error is close to the correct answer, according to a study published in the […]
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San Francisco State University researchers have discovered a new method for testing levels of a tiny but hugely important protein—”AMPK”—in human muscle cells. “AMPK is the gas gauge that tells each cell in your body if your fuel is too low. We call it the energy sensor of the cell,” said Assistant Professor of Kinesiology Jimmy Bagley. Muscles make up […]
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Scientists have discovered that kidney cancer follows distinct evolutionary paths, enabling them to detect whether a tumour will be aggressive and revealing that the first seeds of kidney cancer are sown as early as childhood. The three Cancer Research UK funded studies, published in the journal Cell, shed light on the fundamental principles of cancer evolution and could lead to […]
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