In the abnormally enlarged head and brain in newborns, the inappropriate activity of progenitor cells of neurons is to blame, which, when divided, clogs the channels for the outflow of cerebrospinal fluid from the brain.
Doubts related to female orgasm were almost solved in the theory formulated in 2005. It emerged that this is a by-product of male evolution: men received an important and appropriate orgasm for them, and women also got something from this evolutionary process.
The mind is the most precious thing in the world. Not for money, but for a common currency for all biology - energy. As one study showed, the newborn spends almost 90% of the calories received for the construction and operation of the brain.
Swiss engineers built a robot to transfer the effect of telepresence, control of which requires only a network of electrodes attached to the user's head.
Scientists who created the world's first medicine, which slows the development of cataracts and delays its formation, were among the five finalists of the competition of business projects organized by the University of Queensland (Australia).
The cells of the embryo are very sensitive to the level of sex hormones; the preponderance of estrogens or testosterone in the early stages of development can manifest itself not only in innocuous anatomical features, but also in the future predisposition of the organism to various diseases.
According to the new method, a soil bacterium from the clostridium genus will look for cancerous tumors in the human body: after settling in a tumor, it will begin to synthesize an enzyme that turns an inactive antitumor drug into an active killer of cancer cells.
Scientists from the University of Marshall (USA) found that the risk of breast cancer is significantly reduced when the usual diet contains a moderate amount of walnuts. True, as long as it is installed only for mice.
Employees of Yale University (USA) have discovered the source of signals that trigger hair growth. Opening can lead to the development of fundamentally new treatments for alopecia.
