1,214 news posts in Mind and body

Life sciences

30 Aug 2018

New invention safely transports unknown, deep-dwelling fishes to the ocean’s surface

Scientific divers and biologists engineer a portable chamber to study new reef species living 60-150 m under the ocean surface: Frontiers in Marine Science

Health

28 Aug 2018

Smell receptor linked to prostate cancer progression

Blocking the olfactory receptor with drugs or scents might be a new prostate cancer treatment, say Duke researchers: Frontiers in Oncology

Neuroscience

24 Aug 2018

AI World Cup: Infant-trained simulated robots win ‘RoboCup’

Simulated robots trained on infant walking paths won more football (soccer) games than those trained on less varied geometric paths: Frontiers in Neurorobotics

Health

24 Aug 2018

Frontiers in Immunology — Trending Research

Get the Frontiers’ Editorial Office picks of top research published in Frontiers in Immunology

Neuroscience

23 Aug 2018

New theory may explain cause of depression and improve treatments

Dysfunction in mitochondria could be root cause of depression, providing opportunity for new developments of antidepressant drugs: Frontiers in Neuroscience

Health

20 Aug 2018

Combating malaria through vaccines, antibody treatment and apoptotic pathway therapy

Read some of the latest research articles related to Malaria, published in Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Health

17 Aug 2018

Excessive daydreaming linked to obsessive-compulsive symptoms

The link provides first steps toward treatment guidelines for excessive, or “maladaptive,” daydreaming: Frontiers in Psychiatry

Life sciences

16 Aug 2018

The freediving champions of the dolphin world

Physiological differences within the same species of dolphin explain huge variations in usual diving depths: Frontiers in Physiology

Life sciences

15 Aug 2018

Invaluable to the medical industry, the horseshoe crab is under threat

Horseshoe crab blood is invaluable for drug and safety testing, but this commercial demand threatens these ‘living fossils’: Frontiers in Marine Science

Psychology

13 Aug 2018

Training compassion ‘muscle’ may boost brain’s resilience to others’ suffering

As little as two weeks of compassion meditation training may reduce the distress a person feels when witnessing another’s suffering: Frontiers in Psychology

Life sciences

10 Aug 2018

Footwear habits influence child and adolescent motor skill development

Regular physical activity without shoes may improve children’s and adolescents’ balancing and jumping skills: Frontiers in Pediatrics

Neuroscience

09 Aug 2018

Feeling young could mean your brain is aging more slowly

The first study to link subjective age to biological age shows elderly people who feel younger have less signs of brain aging: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Life sciences

09 Aug 2018

Frontiers in Microbiology — This Month’s Trending Research 2

Get the Frontiers’ Editorial Office picks of top research published in Frontiers in Environmental Microbiology

Health

09 Aug 2018

Frontiers in Microbiology — This Month’s Trending Research

Get the Frontiers’ Editorial Office picks of top research published in Frontiers in Human Microbiology

Health

08 Aug 2018

Saliva test could improve diabetes control and treatment

Proteins in saliva can identify type 1 diabetes in children, helping to predict and prevent complications associated with the disease: Frontiers in Physiology.