Exposure to body positive imagery on social media increase body satisfaction and reduces weight concerns in both men and women, a new study reports. ​Exposure to body positive imagery on social media increase body satisfaction and reduces weight concerns in both men and women, a new study reports. Exposure to body positive imagery on social media …

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Using a DNA-based delivery particle, researchers created a vaccine that can induce a strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2. ​Using a DNA-based delivery particle, researchers created a vaccine that can induce a strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2. Using a DNA-based delivery particle, researchers created a vaccine that can induce a strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2. 

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Assistant Professor Arkarup Banerjee has found that some mice’s brains bend their perception of time in order to communicate with each other more effectively. The discovery may help explain how our brains enable us to interact with one another and the surrounding world. ​Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Assistant Professor Arkarup Banerjee …

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How is a beech leaf constructed? What determines the appearance of an asparagus? A new ‘encyclopaedia’ helps us learn more about the building blocks of plants. The encyclopaedia, probably the largest of its kind, could be used to improve targeted plant breeding efforts, to make them both more climate-resilient and more easily digestible. ​How is …

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Not only can parrots fly and walk, they can also swing along branches using their beak, in a technique called beakiation ​Not only can parrots fly and walk, they can also swing along branches using their beak, in a technique called beakiation Not only can parrots fly and walk, they can also swing along branches using …

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A new study has shown that music evokes similar emotions and bodily sensations around the world. ​A new study has shown that music evokes similar emotions and bodily sensations around the world. A new study has shown that music evokes similar emotions and bodily sensations around the world. 

New research shows that tomato juice can kill Salmonella Typhi and other bacteria that can harm people’s digestive and urinary tract health. ​New research shows that tomato juice can kill Salmonella Typhi and other bacteria that can harm people’s digestive and urinary tract health. New research shows that tomato juice can kill Salmonella Typhi and other …

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Biological systems can behave as siblings in several ways, including by borrowing something and never giving it back. That appears to be what the human immune system did with a protein that now helps bind and regulate the subunits that make up antibodies, according to a multi-institute research collaboration. They found that, before the immune …

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Researchers have observed rapid and distinct immune system changes in a small study of people who switched to a vegan or a ketogenic (also called keto) diet. Scientists closely monitored various biological responses of people sequentially eating vegan and keto diets for two weeks, in random order. They found that the vegan diet prompted responses …

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