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Researchers report that IDO, an enzyme found throughout the body and long suspected of playing a role in depression, is in fact essential to the onset of depressive symptoms sparked by chronic inflammation.

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A new, not-so-secret recipe uses artist-grade ceramics powder for 3-D printing. Ceramics objects can now be printed for about three percent the cost of commercial printing mixes.

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More than 100,000 people in the US are waiting for an organ transplant, and an average of 17 die waiting each day, but TV network news stories say little about that need or how to become a donor, says University of Illinois communication professor Brian Quick.

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Researchers with the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), working with TEAM 0.5, the world’s most powerful transmission electron microscope, have made a movie that shows in real-time carbon atoms repositioning themselves around the edge of a hole that was punched into a graphene sheet. This is the first ever live recording of the dynamics of carbon atoms in graphene.

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You’ve probably been there. In a doctor’s office, being advised to do what you dread — exercise. You get that feeling in your gut, acknowledging that, indeed, you should exercise but probably won’t. Now imagine that the doctor is your optometrist.

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A blood test that can help predict the seriousness of a head injury and detect the status of the blood-brain barrier is a step closer to reality, according to two recently published studies involving University of Rochester Medical Center researchers.

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Scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health have discovered that astrocytes, supportive cells in the brain that are not derived from an immune cell lineage, respond to a molecule that mimics a viral infection using cellular machinery similar to that used by classical immune cells in the blood. This work provides a new understanding of the complex mechanisms responsible for induction and regulation of inflammation in the brain and has significant implications for both the diagnosis and treatment of brain infections.

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A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines why some people might choose a local brand instead of a recognizable global brand like Coke or Pepsi.

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Cardiac arrest victims who receive coronary angiography are twice as likely to survive without significant brain damage compared with those who don’t have the imaging procedure, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers. The study, published in the May/June issue of the Journal of Intensive Care Medicine and now online, showed that patient outcomes improved with coronary angiography regardless of clinical and demographic factors that influenced who received the procedure.

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Here’s another reason why dieters should avoid all-you-can-eat buffets: When faced with a large variety of items, consumers tend to underestimate how much of each item is present, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

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