Wearing a nerve stimulator for 20 minutes a day may be a new option for…
Month: February 2013
Has the ‘Golden Age’ of global health funding come to an end?
Despite dire predictions in the wake of the economic crisis, donations to health projects in…
Improved X-ray microscopic imaging
X-ray microscopy requires radiation of extremely high quality. In order to obtain sharp images instrument…
New light shed on the mysteries of spider silk
Researchers have now measured all of the elastic properties of an intact spider’s web, drawing…
Hydrothermal liquefaction: The most promising path to sustainable bio-oil production
A new generation of the HTL process can convert all kinds of biomasses to crude…
Understanding microbes blowing in the wind
With help from a wind tunnel and the latest DNA technology, scientists are shedding light…
India joined with Asia 10 million years later than previously thought, new timeline suggests
Researchers have found that the collision between India and Asia occurred only 40 million years…
Preserving biodiversity can be compatible with intensive agriculture
Preserving genetically diverse local crops in areas where small-scale farms are rapidly modernizing is possible,…
Turning repulsive feelings into desires
Hunger, thirst, stress and drugs can create a change in the brain that transforms a…
Breast milk reduces risk of sepsis and intensive care costs in very-low-birth-weight infants
Feeding human breast milk to very-low-birth-weight infants greatly reduces risk for sepsis and significantly lowers…