The rate of a certain chemical change in DNA — a key driver of spontaneous…
Month: July 2016
Your kids are what you eat, researchers show
Parent-child diet quality and calories consumed are related in significant ways, research indicates. This discovery…
Zinc lozenges help most patients recover earlier from the common cold
Zinc acetate lozenges may reduce the duration of the common cold by nearly 3 days,…
A faster future: Graphene based optoelectronics
As an important step towards graphene integration in silicon photonics, researchers have published a paper…
Moderate and vigorous exercise have comparable effects on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
A brisk walk is just as good as a jog when it comes to fighting…
It’s automatic: Smartphone app manages your privacy preferences
A field study suggests a personalized privacy assistant app currently under development can simplify the…
Songbird dads vary their ‘catering’ duties according to circumstances
Expecting songbird dads do not always work themselves into frenzy to provide food to their…
Female bonobos send mixed messages to males
In several species of primates, males often discern when to mate with a female based…
Drought stalls tree growth and shuts down Amazon carbon sink, researchers find
A recent drought completely shut down the Amazon Basin’s carbon sink, by killing trees and…
What does a healthy ageing cat look like?
Just as improved diet and medical care have resulted in increased life expectancy in humans,…