A new study of dolphins and seals shows that despite their remarkable adaptations to aquatic…
Month: January 2015
Investigations and complaints procedures have a serious impact on doctors’ health, risk harming patients, study suggests
Doctors who are the subject of complaints procedures or investigation by the General Medical Council…
Volcanic eruption on Cape Verde Island
A new volcanic eruption commenced on Fogo, one of the Cape Verde Islands, on November…
New ‘triggered-release’ mechanism could improve drug delivery
More efficient medical treatments could be developed thanks to a new method for triggering the…
Nanoparticles for clean drinking water
One way of removing harmful nitrate from drinking water is to catalyse its conversion to…
Sensors could give machines more accurate sense of smell than that of humans
Scientists have come up with a way of creating sensors which could allow machines to…
Galactic ‘hailstorm’ in the early Universe
Astronomers have been able to peer back to the young Universe to determine how quasars…
North Korean News Agency Website Serves File Infector
We were recently alerted to reports claiming that the website North Korea’s official news service,…
North Korean News Agency Website Serves File Infector
We were recently alerted to reports claiming that the website North Korea’s official news service,…
Study reveals lack of data on opioid drugs for chronic pain
Researchers have found little to no evidence for the effectiveness of opioid drugs in the…