Shift work should carry health warnings, say medicos
The strong correlation between shift work, obesity and type 2 diabetes has led health experts to call for the poor…
Return of wolves triggers renaissance in Yellowstone ecosystem
Fifteen years after the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park a beautifully revitalized ecosystem is emerging. Oregon State University…
Earth-sized exoplanet identified
NASA’s Kepler space telescope has achieved a new milestone in its ongoing hunt for exoplanets that might resemble Earth and…
Lower calorie intake provides brain boost
A low caloric diet changes the chemistry in the brain, enhancing both cognitive performance and memory, a discovery which scientists…
Modern man emerged from Middle East, suggests elephantine evidence
The elephant – a huge package of protein that is easy to hunt – disappeared from the Middle East around…
Software maps evolution of musical taste to predict hits
Predicting the popularity of a pop song could be achieved by using state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms, say University of Bristol…
Smart bandage grows new blood vessels
Describing their work in the journal Advanced Materials, researchers say they have developed a bandage that actively stimulates and directs…
Protein discovered in semen “attracts HIV like a magnet”
The scientists at the Gladstone Institutes who discovered new protein fragments in semen that enhance the ability of HIV to…
Higgs boson: no news is God news
The Higgs boson, the elusive so-called “God particle” that gives other particles mass, is still proving to be elusive, with…
Automated Matrix-style learning demonstrated
A US-Japanese team of researchers have demonstrated a system that uses functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) feedback to attune a…
Freight trains a clear winner over trucks in CO2 emission stakes
A University of Wisconsin-Madison analysis of the emissions generated from shipping freight via truck or by train shows that shipping…
Tropical storms may be triggering earthquakes
University of Miami scientist Shimon Wdowinski (pictured) says that earthquakes – including the recent seismic events in Haiti and Taiwan…
Biologists hack cellular signaling to create eyes on-demand
By manipulating the natural bioelectrical communication signals that travel between cells, Tufts University scientists were able to trigger the growth…
Solar flares “sandblasting” the Moon
Solar storms remove a surprisingly large amount of material from the lunar surface, computer simulations have revealed, leading NASA scientists…
Springtime on Earth II
The Kepler space telescope has identified a large, rocky exoplanet with a surface temperature of about 22 degrees Celsius (72…
Warming climate supercharging parasite lifecycle
Schistocephalus solidus, a parasitic worm that infects fish, has been found to grow much more rapidly at higher temperatures, alarming…
Earthquakes and animal behavior: it’s in the water
For hundreds of years people have been reporting unusual animal behavior prior to earthquakes. Now, scientists say that it may…
Creative types more likely to cheat
While creativity helps people solve difficult problems, it also makes them more likely to cheat than less creative people, claims…