Smoking is a major public health problem, killing approximately 443,000 people every year in the…
Month: September 2013
Analgesic molecule discovered in its natural state in Africa
A team of researchers has discovered that an African medicinal plant produces large quantities of…
School outreach program may reduce African-American student mobility
Outreach programs that build relationships between families and schools may reduce the number of students…
Malignant brain tumours can be transformed into benign forms
Cells of malignant brain tumours deceive our immune system so effectively that it starts working…
European law could be unbearable for Croatia’s brown bears
Croatia joined the European Union on 1 July and conservation scientists fear that the EU’s…
Seeking new methods to treat heroin addiction
The heroin high and feelings of pain relief manifest themselves almost immediately after the drug…
Debt linked to mental health problems
New research has shown that people in debt are three times more likely to have…
Earth’s history to be rewritten: Oxygen appeared 700 million years earlier than previously thought
Until now, science has believed that oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere has been around for…
Robotic fabrication in timber construction
Researchers are developing a lightweight timber construction system combining robotic prefabrication with computational design and…
Aphasia and bilingualism: Using one language to relearn another
In the era of globalization, bilingualism is becoming more and more frequent, and it is…