Unlike men, women tend to store more fat on the hips and thighs than in…
Month: January 2013
Multiple sclerosis study reveals how killer T cells learn to recognize nerve fiber insulators
Misguided killer T cells may be the missing link in sustained tissue damage in the…
Cheating, and getting away with it: Works for amoeba
We would all like to believe that there is a kind of karma in life…
Why Down syndrome boosts susceptibility to other conditions
A new study has revealed some of the underlying neural factors that explain why people…
Salinization of rivers: A global environmental problem
The salinisation of rivers is a global problem that affects to countries all over the…
New treatment for psoriasis?
Three per cent of the world’s population suffer from the skin condition known as psoriasis….
Bugs reveal the richness of species on Earth
Researchers have carried out a survey of the biological diversity in a tropical rainforest. Their…
Biggest structure in universe: Large quasar group is 4 billion light years across
Astronomers have found the largest known structure in the universe. The large quasar group (LQG)…
Fusion helped by collision science
Understanding the mechanisms of electron-molecule collisions could help predict the operations inside the fusion chamber…
Investigating the bystander effect using virtual reality
The bystander effect is well-known in behavioural psychology and suggests that the more people who…