Women who have short intervals between pregnancies of less than 18 months are more likely…
Month: June 2014
Wing design proves key factor in determining migration success of Monarch butterflies
Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies make a spectacular journey from the eastern parts of…
Ice cream sensations graphed on computer, may help to build better tasting food
Changes in coldness, creaminess or texture that we experience in the mouth while we are…
Diabetes app developed for smartphone
An app for smartphones automatically calculates the carbohydrate content of a meal. The program called…
Current trends for forest biomass for energy in EU
The EU aims to get 20% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. Renewables…
Medieval manholes: plumbers led the way in utility maintenance
The story of the medieval plumbers who maintained a complex water supply system, which was…
E-cigarettes may help smokers quit, but research is insufficient
E-cigarettes are a potential smoking cessation aid and they may also be able to lower…
How long is too long to wait for groundbreaking new aortic valve replacement surgery procedures?
Severe aortic stenosis (AS) has a grave prognosis with 25-50% of patients dying within a…
Cell death insight offers perspectives for treating degenerative, inflammatory diseases
The mechanism of necroptosis has been unraveled by reseachers. This is a type of cell…
First Light for SPHERE Exoplanet Imager: Revolutionary new VLT instrument installed
SPHERE — the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch instrument — has been installed on ESO’s Very…