Not everyone can rustle up a Victoria sponge, lemon drizzle cake or a jam roly-poly,…
Month: May 2013
Brain diseases affecting more people and starting earlier than ever before
Scientists have found that the sharp rise of dementia and other neurological deaths in people…
New magnetic graphene may revolutionize electronics
Researchers have managed to give graphene magnetic properties. The breakthrough opens the door to the…
Elephant’s Tomb in Carmona may have been a temple to the God Mithras
The so-called Elephant’s Tomb in the Roman necropolis of Carmona (Seville, Spain) was not always…
No-win situation for agricultural expansion in the Amazon
The large-scale expansion of agriculture in the Amazon through deforestation will be a no-win scenario,…
Mosquito survey identifies reservoir of disease
A large scale, five year study of mosquitoes from different ecological regions in Kenya, including…
Justinianic Plague was caused by bacterium Yersinia pestis, DNA of skeletal remains shows
Ancient DNA analyses of skeletal remains of plague victims from the 6th century AD provide…
Super-sized citizens: The relationship between a country’s fast-food outlets and its obesity rates
Many studies have linked the meals served at fast-food outlets to obesity, but is there…
Would you ‘Like’ a drink? Youth drinking cultures, social networking and alcohol marketing
Preventing alcohol abuse, especially among young people, has long been a focus of public-health campaigns….
Individual efficacy of chemotherapies
The function of the mitochondria – also defined as “power plants” within the cells –…