Data showed a positive association between head/neck CT imaging and risk for childhood brain tumors. Further research into the risks associated with radiation in the pediatric setting is needed.

Researchers at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque have investigated the concentration of micro- and nanoplastics (MNP) in the human brain ... from the frontal lobe, i.e., the area ...

Newly discovered brain cells count each bite before sending the order to cease eating a meal. Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to ...

Feb. 4, 2025 – Microplastics have been found in the brain, showing they can cross the blood-brain barrier, and the amounts of the tiny plastic bits inside our bodies appear to be increasing at a ...

The amount of microplastics in the human brain appears to be increasing over time: Concentrations rose by roughly 50 percent between 2016 and 2024, according to a new study Sarah Kuta Daily ...

Elon Musk wants to merge humans with AI. And his goal of achieving "symbiosis" with artificial intelligence starts with a brain chip. Neuralink, a company Musk co-founded, is testing linking ...

Cognitively normal human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a new study. Overall ...

Edinburgh parents of a woman who died following a brain tumour her doctor dismissed ... she was tasting metal as a symptom and was given a CT scan. A follow up MRI discovered a tumour and a ...

Demographic data, including gender, age, and education, were self-reported by all participants. White matter degeneration and lacunar infarction in five brain regions (bilateral frontal lobes, ...

From 2014 to 2024, Connecticut's and national unemployment rates followed similar trends. “CT's economy collapsed in 2008-2010 and has not yet recovered,” said Fred Carstensen, professor of ...