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The scientific brain: Human brain processes predictable sensory input in a particularly efficient maIt turns out that there is a striking similarity between how the human brain determines what is going on in the outside world and the job of scientists. Good science involves formulating a hypothesis ...
Look at Mie! Rice University team tests century-old calculationsCalculations are fine, but seeing is believing. That's the thought behind a new paper by Rice University students who decided to put to the test calculations made more than a century ago.
In 1908, t...
Study uncovers cost-effective alternative to eye drops for those at risk for developing glaucomaMost people at risk for developing glaucoma due to high eye pressure do not need treatment, according to a large, multi-center study, in which the UC Davis Health System Eye Center played a central ro...
Kidney donors suffer few ill-effects from life-giving act, landmark study findsIn a landmark study of more than 80,000 live kidney donors from across the United States, Johns Hopkins researchers have found the procedure carries very little medical risk and that, in the long term...
Gastric bypass surgery increases risk of kidney stones, UT Southwestern reportPatients who undergo gastric bypass surgery experience changes in their urine composition that increase their risk of developing kidney stones, research from UT Southwestern Medical Center investigato...