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![In a new study lead by Joshua Plavnik, Michigan State University researchers have shown that video-based group lessons could be an effective aid for teenagers […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/NEWSICON2-115x115.png "Teenagers with autism learn complex social skills from new video technologies")
Teenagers with autism learn complex social skills from new video technologies
Posted on October 20, 2013 | No CommentsIn a new study lead by Joshua Plavnik, Michigan State University researchers have shown that video-based group lessons could be an effective aid for teenagers […] -
3D Images Generated from PET/CT Scans Help Surgeons Envision Tumors
Posted on October 20, 2013 | No CommentsEach year 12.7 million people learn that they have cancer. Of these, 7.6 million die. The World Health Organisation predicts that by 2030 this figure […] -
Sleep clears out waste produced during the day
Posted on October 20, 2013 | No CommentsAlthough it is common knowledge that a good night’s rest does us good, the exact biological function of sleep has remained mysterious. A team of […] -
Neanderthal Toothpick Use at Cova Foradà – Medicinal?
Posted on October 20, 2013 | No CommentsThe use of toothpicks is recognised in a number of cultures in the world today representing a combination of cultural, hygienic and medicinal concerns. Marina Lozano […] -
Biodiversity in the Anthropocene
Posted on October 20, 2013 | No CommentsIn a new study biologists from Zurich and Denmark have argued more direct intervention is necessary for the conservation of biodiversity. Christoph Kueffer and Christopher […] -
Weighing up blood-thinners: Is warfarin always best?
Posted on October 18, 2013 | No CommentsA study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine guides clinicians and policy makers on the relative cost-effectiveness of various anticoagulant (blood-thinning) drugs. The […] -
![Scientists have recently identified the largest volcano on Earth – the Tamu Massif, which is covers the same area as the whole of the British […]](/wp-content/themes/arras/arras/images/thumbnail.png "The largest volcano on Earth – and it’s the size of the UK!")
The largest volcano on Earth – and it’s the size of the UK!
Posted on October 18, 2013 | No CommentsScientists have recently identified the largest volcano on Earth – the Tamu Massif, which is covers the same area as the whole of the British […] -
Nobel Prize Awarded for ‘Vesicle Trafficking’
Posted on October 7, 2013 | No CommentsThe American cell biologists James Rothman and Randy Schekman, along with German biochemist Thomas Sudhof, have won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for […] -
One step closer to effective personalised medicine?
Posted on August 16, 2013 | No CommentsResearch published in Science this month has shown that pluripotent cells can be generated from skin cells using nothing but a cocktail of chemicals. The […] -
Experiments in space improve the design of materials on Earth
Posted on June 2, 2013 | No CommentsChoosing the right material to build any technical or industrial object out of can be tricky. Objects like aircraft, cars and gas pipelines need to […] -
![A paper published this week online in The Journal of Biological Chemistry has proposed a link between the pathophysiological protein accumulation seen in sporadic tauopathies […]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/false-memory-115x115.png "A link between acquired brain injury and Alzheimer’s Disease?")
A link between acquired brain injury and Alzheimer’s Disease?
Posted on June 2, 2013 | No CommentsA paper published this week online in The Journal of Biological Chemistry has proposed a link between the pathophysiological protein accumulation seen in sporadic tauopathies […] -
Low doses of THC may protect against brain damage
Posted on June 2, 2013 | No CommentsVery low doses of the psychoactive component of marijuana, THC, could protect the brain from injury, according to new research from Tel Aviv University. Medical […] -
Oranges: a cure for drug-resistant TB?
Posted on May 31, 2013 | No CommentsScientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have observed the bactericidal effects of vitamin C against tuberculosis – crucially, this does […] -
Wavefunction of Atomic Hydrogen Imaged Using New Microscopy Technique
Posted on May 31, 2013 | No CommentsThis week, a group of physicists at the FOM institute in Amsterdam and the Max Born institute have managed to image the nodal structure of […]
