The findings may give vital clues to the exact causes of neurodegenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and dementia.

Plants encounter dynamic environmental challenges that subject them to diverse abiotic stresses, including drought, flooding, ...

Heat stress places considerable demands on the human body, compelling profound adjustments in thermoregulatory, cardiovascular, and neuromuscular functions. The onset of hyperthermia during exercise ...

The data-collection team for the WASH Benefits Bangladesh trial. UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor Audrie Lin standing at far right. (Photo courtesy of icddr,b) We’re increasingly aware of how ...

Older adults who experience anxiety on Mondays show significantly elevated long-term stress levels—regardless of whether they are still working—according to new research. The study, published in the ...

After exposure to a traumatic event, some people develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This is a psychiatric disorder affecting mood and cognition. It also has profound physical effects. PTSD ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Background and Aims Explosives released into the environment from munitions production, processing facilities, or buried unexploded ordnances ...

Keating, a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, is the author of Born Anxious: The Lifelong Impact of Early Life Adversity – and How to Break the Cycle. There are two major reasons ...

Every few years, snowshoe hare numbers in the Canadian Yukon climb to a peak. As hare populations increase, so do those of their predators: lynx and coyotes. Then the hare population plummets and ...