by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 10, 2025 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Psychology & Psychiatry
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health disorder associated with persistent, intrusive thoughts (i.e., obsessions), accompanied by repetitive behaviors (i.e., compulsions) aimed at reducing the anxiety arising from obsessions. Past studies have showed...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 10, 2025 | Biology, Molecular & Computational biology, PHYS.ORG
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), the molecular “blueprint” carrying the genetic instructions that influence the growth, development, reproduction and predispositions of individual humans, can undergo different types of mechanical stress inside cells. For...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 10, 2025 | Condensed Matter, PHYS.ORG, Physics, Soft Matter
The so-called glass transition is the process by which some liquid-like materials become solid-like, without forming a crystalline structure. In contrast to conventional solid materials, which exhibit an orderly atom arrangement, glass is characterized by a disordered...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 10, 2025 | Engineering, Robotics, TECHXPLORE
Recent advances in the fields of human-infrastructure interaction, electronic engineering, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) have opened new possibilities for the development of assistive and medical technologies. These include devices that can assist...
by Ingrid Fadelli | Mar 10, 2025 | MEDICALXPRESS, Neuroscience, Parkinson's & Movement Disorders
Lewy body diseases (LBDs) are a class of debilitating neurodegenerative disorders linked to the abnormal aggregation of the protein α-synuclein in nerve cells. When misfolded, this protein can produce clumps known as Lewy bodies, which can adversely impact the...
