Mystery Fevers Cured With Surgery
Many families go through a regular nightmare where their child suffers a high fever – sometimes causing seizures – and…
Brain Has Sixth Sense For Calories
The latest issue of the journal Neuron carries news of a “sixth sense” that scientists say can detect calories in…
Doctors Outline Policy To Prevent Genetic Discrimination
The American College of Physicians (ACP) has released a policy document which they believe should be integral to new laws…
Roll-Your-Own Enzymes A Reality
Chemists from the University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Washington (UW) have succeeded in creating…
CO2 Emissions In China Rocketing
The growth in China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions is far outpacing previous estimates, making the goal of stabilizing atmospheric greenhouse…
1st Rule Of Evolution: Strive For Complexity
Scientists from the University of Bath have revealed what may well be the first ‘rule’ of evolution – a pervasive…
Brain’s Secondary Depth-Perception Mechanism Uncovered
Humans and other animals are able to visually judge depth because we have two eyes and the brain compares the…
Meteorites Spiced Up Primordial Soup
The primordial organic soup that spawned life on Earth may have gotten some special ingredients from outer space, according to…
Epigenetic Changes Found In Schizophrenics
For the first time, scientists from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have discovered epigenetic changes (chemical changes…
Real And Virtual Systems Merged In Mixed Reality State
Using a virtual pendulum and its real-world counterpart, scientists at the University of Illinois (UI) have created the first mixed…
Brits Invite ET Over For Corn Chips
Snack food company Doritos is sponsoring a competition in the UK to beam a user-created advertisement (using a 2-billion watt…
First Light For Binocular Telescope
The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) on Mount Graham, in Arizona, has captured images using its twin primary mirrors together for…
Rethink On Cause Of Type 2 Diabetes
Growing evidence shows that surgery on the small bowel may effectively cure Type 2 diabetes – an approach that may…
Expensive Placebo Works Better Than Cheap One
A 10-cent pill doesn’t kill pain as well as a $2.50 pill, even when they are identical placebos, according to…
Bacterial Rainmakers Ubiquitous
Scientists from Montana State University and Louisiana State University have found evidence that globally distributed airborne bacteria play a pivotal…