A molecular chaperone has been found to inhibit a key stage in the development of…
Month: February 2015
New pathways discovered to prevent blindness
Scientists have made a major new discovery detailing how areas of the brain responsible for…
Mapping seascapes in the deep ocean
A new, automated method for classifying hundreds of kilometres of the deep sea floor in…
Modular anatomical structure of human head described for first time
A new mathematical analysis tool has allowed a deeper understanding of the anatomy of the…
Speech disorders: Crowdsourcing a valid option for gathering speech ratings
Crowdsourcing — where responses to a task are aggregated across a large number of individuals…
Can virtual reality help treat anxiety in older people?
Up to 25% of people aged 65 and over experience varying degrees of anxiety. Although…
Closest known flyby of star to our solar system: Dim star passed through Oort Cloud 70,000 years ago
Astronomers from the US, Europe, Chile and South Africa have determined that 70,000 years ago…
Science behind commonly used anti-depressants appears to be backwards, researchers say
The science behind many anti-depressant medications appears to be backwards, say the authors of a…
A new spin on spintronics
A team of researchers is exploring new materials that could yield higher computational speeds and…
Novel solid-state nanomaterial platform enables terahertz photonics
Compact, sensitive and fast nanodetectors are considered to be somewhat of a “Holy Grail” sought…