It is widely recognised that genetic factors are important in common, multifactorial diseases such as cancer, ischaemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus. However, it is a common misconception that ...

A study published points, for the first time, to the gene trkC as a factor in susceptibility to a panic disorder. The researchers define the specific mechanism for the formation of fear memories which ...

Low-frequency signals appearing on the power lines—so what? The level is low relative to the primary power for an AC-powered device. And DC-powered systems are designed to function with wide variance ...

Tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide, claiming 1.6 million lives annually. 1 Antimicrobial resistance is undermining efforts to curb the global tuberculosis epidemic: among ...

Genetic susceptibility to neurodevelopmental conditions such as schizophrenia, autism, and ADHD can be linked, in part, to distinct epigenetic signatures in newborn cord blood. An analysis of nearly 6 ...

Instead, it clusters. They call this the Susceptibility Paradox; it's a pattern in which users' friends are, on average, more influenceable than the users themselves. And it may help explain how ...

A global study of more than 66,000 participants has revealed which groups of people are most susceptible to misinformation. Study participants assessed news headlines and tried to judge whether they ...

Some EMC tests are about as exciting as watching grass grow. However, I must admit that today's computer control beats the previous procedures that included highly manual testing followed by lengthy ...

There’s a lot of debate in the misinformation research world about whether certain demographics or personality types put you at greater risk of believing misinformation. We’ve written about this ...