Share Scientists have trained mice to locate and identify bird-flu laced poo. Chemical ecologist Bruce Kimball believes he has created the new combatants against the virus. Duck ad goose droppings hold the key to bird flu, and if the virus can be detected in them, which mice can now do. Then the spread of bird [...]
Share Despite more publicity about the danger of loud music on hearing and increased vaccines against ear-infections, a released study has found that the event of hearing loss in teens has increased by over 30% over the last decade. US children aged 12 to 19 with hearing loss increased from 14.9% in 1995 to 19.5% [...]
Share Until now scientists had no way of predicting who would get a debilitating lung disease from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB). Of the 2 billion people around the world that are affected by a dormant form of TB only 10% will get the active serious disease from it. And now genetics have given us an answer [...]
Share Twelve genes have been found that could be associated to aggressive breast cancer by a team of researchers in Sweden. It’s the first time such a link has been discovered, ad could improve prognoses and treatment of breast cancer occurrences. “We’ve managed to identify 12 genes whose expression is associated with an aggressive form [...]
Share The Titi monkey has been confirmed as a new species by biologists. Primatologist Thomas Defler at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá, says the new type of Titi monkey lacks a white line on their face, and has bushy eyebrows that make them unique. Among other differences. “It’s important that people know we’re [...]
Share A 15-minute brain scan developed by British scientists can help to spot autism in children a lot earlier on, with a 90% accuracy rate. If autism is found out earlier on treatment can be more effective. The scan is cheaper than traditional diagnosis with clinicians. The usual way of detecting autism costs over $3,000 [...]
Share Salmonella Typhimurium has been found to possibly help fight certain cancer cells by helping the immune system to recognize melanoma and therefore fight it, a paper released in Science Translational Medicine has demonstrated. “In combination with other therapies, it could improve survival,” says tumor biologist Meenhard Herlyn of the Wistar Institute in Philadelphia. Herlyn [...]
Share According to the recent findings of a group of French scientists, the best way to pour champagne is down the side of the glass. This preserves the taste and the fizz, while controlling the bubble overflow. The researchers from the University of Reims in France uncovered the truth by measuring the loss of dissolved [...]
Share Orangutans can communicate by miming what it is they want. Two Indonesian researchers have collected 18 instances of when an Orangutan mimes exactly the thing they want in an effort to communicate to humans. The two diligent researchers combed though 20 years of observations to gather the evidence. They show what they interpret to [...]
Share Your ability to sleep is to a large extent determined by your natural ability to block out noise, according to a new study released by Dr. Jeffrey Ellenbogen, chief of the division of sleep medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. In the study Ellenbogen and his researchers postulate that an individual’s sleep is determined by [...]
