What we can learn from the "dinosaurs of marriage"
In 1989, UC Berkeley psychologist Robert Levenson began to study a group of people who had been married at least 15 years or 35 years, depen...
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Why nutrition studies can't be one-size-fits-all
If you’ve been around awhile, chances are you’ve experienced foods that were once touted to be good for you, suddenly becoming the worst thi...
There are benefits to letting your mind wander
It's a workday, just after lunch. You have a deadline and there's plenty of time left in the day to get the task done. If only you could sto...
Are we close to curing glaucoma?
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, might be close to finding a drug that could cure glaucoma, which is the world’s secon...
Cataloging the brain to make sense of functionality and cure disease
How does one make a brain atlas? John Ngai, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Berkeley explains. “You can think of it as a t...
An over-the-counter drug that may help in the fight against MS
Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, affects over two million people worldwide. The neurodegenerative disease strikes when the immune system attacks m...
Mapping the great unknown of our brain
Believe it or not, neuroscience is still considered a relatively new field of medical research. That’s because there’s still a lot of the un...
How exposure to PBDEs affect a child's IQ
Exposure to flame retardant chemicals or PBDEs during pregnancy can affect children’s neurodevelopment. Environmental health scientist Trace...
Could the progression of glaucoma be halted?
Glaucoma is the world’s second-leading cause of blindness, and it affects about 80 million people worldwide and has no cure. But vision scie...
The ambition Brain Atlas Project
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have started an ambitious project to build a brain atlas. According to neuroscientist...
How to improve your social connections and boost happiness
Social connections are important and can make you happier, according to psychologist Iris Mauss of the University of California, Berkeley. B...
A new approach to figuring out which diets are pro or anti-inflammatory
It seems there’s more to high-density lipoproteins, or HDLs, than we previously thought. Nutrition researcher Angela Zivkovic of the Univers...
Will software engineers ever completely outsmart hackers?
Will software engineers ever be able to outsmart hackers and build an unbreakable wall of defense? Dawn Song, a computer scientist at the Un...
The pros and cons of anatomy class in virtual reality
Medical students at the University of California, San Francisco, are learning about the human body in a new, experimental setting. Anatomy p...
Dealing with moody people starts with your attitude
When you accept your own negative emotions – you will likely have a more positive outlook on mood swings than people around you have. That’s...
How to protect artificial intelligence technology from hackers
Artificial Intelligence has been developing fast – and it’s making more and more decisions on humans’ behalf. From simple web searches to e-...
A digital intervention program to help moms-to-be get better sleep
Sleep disorders during pregnancy can lead to a preterm birth. To improve sleeping patterns of mothers-to-be, Jennifer Felder, a clinical psy...
Virtual reality becomes a reality in medical research
Virtual Reality becomes a reality in medical research. Derek Harmon, a professor of anatomy at the University of California, San Francisco,...
Anatomy students use virtual reality to get a different view of the human body
Medical students at the University of California, San Francisco, are learning about human anatomy not only on cadavers, but also in virtual...
Toxic flame retardants are still ubiquitous in our homes
A couple of decades ago flame retardants – or PBDEs - were widely used in furniture because of the fire safety standards. But that policy ha...
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