The Norwegian birth rate is higher than in the rest of Europe not only because…
Month: December 2014
The bloody truth: How blood donations can save animals’ lives
Blood transfusions are of importance not only in human medicine. Also animals do need blood…
Depression in dementia more common in community care, study finds
Those residing in long-term care homes are less likely to suffer from depressive symptoms than…
Self-repairing subsea material
Embryonic faults in subsea high voltage installations are difficult to detect and very expensive to…
Use of alcohol, cigarettes, number of illicit drugs declines among U.S. teens
A national survey of students in U.S. middle schools and high schools shows some important…
E-cigarettes surpass tobacco cigarettes among teens
In 2014, more teens use e-cigarettes than traditional, tobacco cigarettes or any other tobacco product—the…
New technology directly reprograms skin fibroblasts for a new role
Researchers have discovered a way to repurpose fibroblasts into functional melanocytes, the body’s pigment-producing cells….
To sleep, perchance to dream of a cure
Sleep-deprived rats on chemotherapy drug Paclitaxal had worse side effects (extra rest later had no…
Evidence of Viking/Norse metalworking in Arctic Canada
A small stone container found by archaeologists a half-century ago has now been recognized as…
Reshaping the horse through millennia
Whole genome sequencing of modern and ancient horses unveils the genes that have been selected…