Back in the 1960s, when Ritalin (methylphenidate) was first approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating behavioural problems, parents and teachers alike were impressed by the…
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Untangling the connection between dopamine and ADHD
Brain imaging has helped researchers understand the role of dopamine in ADHD.Credit: JohnnyGreig/Getty
A couple of years ago, Jan Haavik was at a routine meeting of a research group that connects…
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Relatively warm deep-water formation persisted in the Last Glacial Maximum
Clark, P. U. et al. The Last Glacial Maximum. Science 325, 710–714 (2009).
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Kageyama, M. et al. The PMIP4 Last Glacial Maximum experiments:…
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Publisher Correction: Multiple oestradiol functions inhibit ferroptosis and acute kidney injury
Nature, Published online: 21 January 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10148-9
Publisher Correction: Multiple oestradiol functions inhibit ferroptosis and acute kidney injury
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Rock art from at least 67,800 years ago in Sulawesi
All dating work was undertaken at the BIOMICS laboratory in the Geoarchaeology and Archaeometry Research Group (GARG) of Southern Cross University (Lismore, New South Wales, Australia). U-series measurements were obtained using an ESI NW193 ArF…
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Girls are starting puberty younger — why, and what are the risks?
When Lola was eight years old, she went through a massive growth spurt and started developing acne. Her mother, Elise, thought Lola was just growing fast because of genes inherited from her father. But when she noticed that Lola had grown pubic…
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Why ADHD goes undiagnosed in girls
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Fibroblastic reticular cells direct the initiation of T cell responses via CD44
Generation of m11 chimeric Fc protein and m11-specific antibodies
The MCMV m11–Fc (also referred to as vCD44BP–Fc) fusion protein was generated using Sew-PCR to attach the Fc portion of human IgG1 to the part of the m11 gene that encodes its…
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LetA defines a structurally distinct transporter family
Expression and purification of LetAB
Plasmid pBEL1284, which encodes N-terminal 6×His2xQH-TEV-tagged LetA and untagged LetB, was transformed into OverExpress C43 (DE3) cells (60446-1, Lucigen; Supplementary Table 1). For protein expression,…
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Is paracetamol in pregnancy a risk factor for ADHD?
When Zeyan Liew joined a Danish team that was studying a large, national database of mothers and their children in 2011, he was interested in understanding brain development in children. “ADHD…
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