Woody climbing vines, known as lianas, are preventing tropical forests from recovering and are hampering…
Month: July 2016
Most surgical meniscus repairs are unnecessary
Three out of four people could avoid knee surgery with a new form of exercise…
Mapping electromagnetic waveforms
Physicists have developed a novel electron microscope that can visualize electromagnetic fields oscillating at frequencies…
Why apnea patients are prone to suffer from glaucoma
Scientists have successfully measured the eye pressure of sleeping patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome…
Blood of King Albert I identified after 80 years
The death of King Albert I of Belgium in 1934 — officially a climbing accident…
Forms of HIV can cross from chimps to humans, study confirms
The first in vivo evidence that strains of chimpanzee-carried simian immunodeficiency viruses can infect human…
Hey robot, shimmy like a centipede
Researchers have used computer simulations and robotics to uncover a surprising insight into the mechanics…
Designer protein gives new hope to scientists studying Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers have designed a new protein which strongly resembles Abeta. In people with Alzheimer’s, Amyloid-beta…
Significant pain increases the risk of opioid addiction by 41 percent
What do we really know about the relationship between the experience of pain and risk…
Shaken baby syndrome accepted as diagnosis by majority of physicians
Survey data reveals a high degree of medical consensus that shaking a young child is…