Seafarers Have The Highest Chance In Contracting Lung Disease

Medicine & Technology Dec 03, 2015

The Imperial College London conducted a research that concludes on the riskiest jobs in terms of acquiring lung diseases.

Molecular Mechanism Discovery Boosts Progress In Search For Alzheimer’s Disease Cure

Nov 29, 2015

The University of New South Wales School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences discovered the new molecular mechanism of Alzheimer's disease.

Scientists Locate Speech Forming Part of the Brain

May 20, 2015

Researchers have discovered the part of the brain that is sensitive to timing and plays an important role in human language.

Holding Clinical Researchers Accountable—WHO Puts New Timelines on Publishing

Apr 14, 2015

Ever think that the cure to a disease or the answer to one of modern medicine’s questions must already be out there, and that some physician or pharma company is keeping it under wraps until they need to release it? Well in some cases you may be right, but now the World Health Organization is looking to change that. In a new statement recently released by WHO, the organization seeks to hold researchers and regulatory bodies accountable for keeping the public abreast to the findings of their recent research. And now their taking the opportunity in this month’s issue of the journal PLOS Medicine to say something about it.

New Sensitivity Study May Reveal ‘Terror Birds’ Hunted In Packs

Apr 11, 2015

News this week revealed a frightening new addition to the fossil record—a “Terror Bird” species known more scientifically as Llallawavis scagliai (aka Scaglia’s Magnificent Bird). But in spite of its massive size and terrifying stance, this top-tier predatory may not have been the most well-adapted hunter that it could be… That is, unless it was hunting in packs.

Giving a Voice to Long-Lost—New ‘Terror Bird’ Species Reveals a Knack for Being on the Hunt

Apr 11, 2015

Think that we’ve found just about every prehistoric species that there is to find? You’d be terrifyingly wrong if you said yes. In fact, adding a new view on the diversity of some unlikely large predators that predate humans, a new fossil this week revealed another species of South American “terror birds” known as Llallawavis scagliai.

Focus of Alzheimer's Research Should Be Shifted, Study Says

Mar 30, 2015

Focus of Alzheimer's Research Should Be Shifted, Study Says

Scientists Develop Nanoparticles That Will Heal Your Wounds

Mar 27, 2015

Scientists Develop Healing Nanoparticles

Genome Editing Now Fighting Mosquitoes, Killing Bacteria, and Improving Pigs

Mar 27, 2015

Genome Editing: Fighting Mosquitoes, Killing Bacteria, and Improving Pigs

Phase One Trial for New Ebola Vaccine Complete

Mar 27, 2015

Phase 1 Trial for New Ebola Vaccine

Bacteria Provides Breakthroughs in Genome Modification Field

Mar 26, 2015

Two New Breakthroughs In the Field of Genome Modification

Ability to Trust Increases with Age, Study Shows

Mar 24, 2015

Contrary to popular belief, a new study finds that as people grow older, they learn to trust more in others, not less. In those who learn to trust more over time, indications of general well-being also increase.

Can Magnetism Bend Heat And Sound? Study Reveals A New Dimension to Magnetic Fields

Mar 23, 2015

For many years researchers have sought to discover just how many uses magnetic fields can have. To date they have become essential in quantum computing, they are vital in medical imaging, and astronomers have even used natural magnetism to amplify the signals of light from far off supernovae and galaxies so that we here on Earth can see them hundreds or thousands of light-years away. But in a new study from researchers at Ohio State University, nanotechnologists have revealed that magnetic fields can impact our lives in far more real ways—controlling heat and sound waves that exhibit magnetic properties of their own.

Solvent Baths Promise Better Perovskite Crystals and Better Solar Energy

Mar 17, 2015

With the coming of spring, and the looming global warming ever at our odds, it’s clear that there’s enough heat already out in the world. So why would you want your “green” energy practices to contribute ever more to that heat? Current methods, for example, in the production of solar cells used to capture energy require an intense recrystallization process that comes at the price of a drastic raise in the temperature of the substance—perovskite. But now, thanks to chemists at Brown University, the green energy movement may soon be equated with a cooler movement, as well.

Champion Foodies—Chimpanzees Will Make the Trek for a Delicious Meal

Mar 17, 2015

Though researchers have come to understand that in comparison to the human palette, chimpanzees may not be as refined, it appears that these clever relatives are foodies at heart. In fact, when it comes to a meal of grapes over veggies, chimpanzees will even go out of their way for the chance to dine on something sweeter than the norm. In a new study published this week in the journal PeerJ researchers at Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo investigated the food preferences of chimpanzees in captivity only to find that the animals are clever enough to find a way of getting the goodies they prefer.