For the majority of patients with large or difficult to remove colorectal polyps (growths in…
Month: June 2016
Hubble captures vivid auroras in Jupiter’s atmosphere
Astronomers are using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study auroras — stunning light shows…
Role played by solvents at extreme pressure
Researchers investigated the behavior of the small molecule TMAO in water from normal conditions up…
Electron scavenging to mimic radiation damage
High energy radiation affects biological tissues, leading to short-term reactions. These generate, as a secondary…
Wireless, wearable toxic-gas detector
Wearable, wireless sensors have now been developed by researchers, based on carbon nanotubes, that can…
In times of great famine, microalgae digest themselves
The molecular mechanisms which microalgae apply in order to switch from rapid cell division to…
New research may help to develop effective pain killers
If you have ever chopped chilies and then accidentally touched your eyes you will be…
Media not the scapegoat when it comes to teen sex
Parents and society shouldn’t shift the blame for young people’s sexual behavior on what teens…
Bioinformatics software developed to predict effect of cancer-associated mutations
A new piece of software has been developed that analyses mutations in proteins. These mutations…
Thinking ‘I can do better’ really can improve performance, study finds
Telling yourself ‘I can do better,’ can make you do better at a given task,…