A new study found that higher levels of mercury exposure in young adults increased their…
Month: April 2013
How our bodies interact with our minds in response to fear and other emotions
New research has shown that the way our minds react to and process emotions such…
Communicating the science of the ‘6x°C egg’
Why does the “65-degree egg” and its “6X°C” counterparts continue to entice chefs and diners…
Reducing waste of food: A key element in feeding billions more people
Families can be key players in a revolution needed to feed the world, and could…
Do cells in the blood, heart and lungs smell the food we eat?
In a discovery suggesting that odors may have a far more important role in life…
Widely used filtering material adds arsenic to beers
The mystery of how arsenic levels in beer sold in Germany could be higher than…
Intermittent treatment with vemurafenib may prevent lethal drug resistance in melanoma
Vemurafenib-resistant tumors in patients with melanoma showed reduced growth after cessation of treatment, and in…
Novel drug combination showed antitumor activity in patients with incurable BRCA-deficient cancers
When given sequentially, two orally available experimental drugs — sapacitabine and seliciclib — worked together…
New light shed on ancient Egyptian port and ship graveyard
New research illuminates Thonis-Heracleion, a sunken port-city that served as the gateway to Egypt in…
Device keeps human liver alive outside body
In a world first, a donated human liver has been ‘kept alive’ outside a human…