One in three people who survived stays in an intensive care unit and required use…
Month: February 2013
Sleep reinforces learning
During sleep, our brains store what we have learned during the day a process even…
Protecting fish from antidepressants by using new wastewater treatment technique
Researchers have developed a new technique to prevent pharmaceutical residues from entering waterways and harming…
Windmills at sea can break like matches
Medium-sized waves can break wind turbines at sea like matches. These waves occur even in…
3-D atlas of the human heart drawn using statistics
Researchers in Spain have created a high resolution atlas of the heart with 3-D images…
Unsolved puzzle in hepatology on the brink of resolution
Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a currently incurable liver disease that mostly affects younger people aged…
Sweet news for stem cell’s ‘Holy Grail’
Scientists have used sugar-coated scaffolding to move a step closer to the routine use of…
Two new species of mushroom found in the Iberian Peninsula, Spain
Biologists have documented two new species of Hydnum, commonly known as ox tongue mushrooms, as…
Pain can be a relief
When something causes less pain than expected it is even possible for it to feel…
When morning sickness lasts all day
Severe nausea during pregnancy can be fatal, yet very little is known about this condition….