Do Zinc Supplements Help Stop The Common Cold?
Increasing amount of studies point to zinc as a remedy for the common cold. Is…
Month: February 2020
This Is How Digital Technology Is Affecting Our Mental Health
Per a new research, digital media and technology has more downsides than it has benefits….
Effective Tips To Eliminate Belly Fat
Excess belly fat is linked to a variety of serious health problems, even leading to…
With science ‘held back by a gender gap’, Guterres calls for more empowerment for women and girls
Fewer than 30 per cent of the world’s scientific researchers are women: that’s just one…
Ignoring how children behave online is ‘sticking our heads in the sand’
The way children and teenagers behave online has profoundly changed, and if societies ignore the need to…
Commitment, not slogans, key to ending violence against children: UN expert
While the Internet has given children access to a world of information, including by providing…
News in Brief 10 February 2020
Coronavirus containment ‘still the priority’ as cases rise Locust threat ‘increases further’ in Horn of Africa Plea for action to…
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Best Heart Health Tips For Women
Women are equally prone to heart diseases as men. Here are some useful tips. Read…
Here’s Why Carbs Are So Addicting
Fructose, a carbohydrate with properties similar to those of alcohol, may be linked to carb…
Top 10 Healthiest Vegetables Ranked By Experts
Vegetables in general are both hearty and healthy, but these top 10 veggies have been…
Yoga for Health
Many people practice yoga for health-related reasons, such as for well-being and fitness, to help…
Himalayan glacier shows evidence of start of Industrial Revolution
Human beings altered one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas hundreds of years before…
STAT Plus: With new combination drug data, Exelixis takes another shot at prostate cancer treatment
In 2014, the Bay Area biotech company Exelixis (EXEL) tried to develop a drug for…
STAT Plus: Two more failed Alzheimer’s drugs sharpen focus on Biogen’s chances for aducanumab
As U.S. regulators consider whether to approve the first new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in…
Chemistry technique is ‘warp drive’ for creating better synthetic molecules for medicine
In a study with implications for the future of drug discovery, scientists showed they were…
Impact of oil contaminated water on tubeworms and brittlestars
A new study adds a new layer to understanding how an oil spill could impact…
Coronavirus outbreak raises question: Why are bat viruses so deadly?
A study of cultured bat cells shows that their strong immune responses, constantly primed to…
Twist in the story of volcanism and mass extinctions
An emerging scientific consensus is that gases — in particular carbon gases — released by…
What makes a ‘good Samaritan’ good? That opinion depends on the beneficiary
New research suggests that someone who helps a total stranger is generally viewed as morally…
Superior ‘bio-ink’ for 3D printing pioneered
Biomedical engineers have developed a ‘bio-ink’ for 3D printed materials that could serve as scaffolds…
Chemists develop safer hydrogenation processes
Safe and environmentally-friendly hydrogen gas on demand could be on the horizon following a new…
The many lives of charcoal
In sub-Saharan Africa, charcoal dominates as an energy resource for cooking. A graduate student traveled…
DNA-like material could bring even smaller transistors
A material shaped like a one-dimensional DNA helix might further push the limits on a…
Global warming and extinction risk
How can fossils predict the consequences of climate change? A research team compared data from…
Human textiles to repair blood vessels
As the leading cause of mortality worldwide, cardiovascular diseases claim over 17 million lives each…
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Finding a cure for dog’s brain cancer may help us find a cure for ourselves
For cancers such as glioma, preclinical research models have failed to provide sufficient insight for…
Oral traditions and volcanic eruptions in Australia
In Australia, the onset of human occupation (about 65,000 years ago?) and dispersion across the…
Is it hemp or marijuana? New scanner gives instant answer
Hemp is technically legal in Texas, but proving that hemp is not marijuana can be…
Inner ‘clockwork’ sets the time for cell division in bacteria
Researchers have discovered a ‘clockwork’ mechanism that controls cell division in bacteria. They report how…
New treatment discovered for rare eye disease may prevent blindness
Patients with thyroid eye disease who used the minimally invasive insulin-like growth factor I blocking…
Trump doesn’t want the FDA to regulate tobacco
The Trump administration is proposing to strip the Food and Drug Administration of all authority…
Coronavirus containment is the key, as infections tick up: Tedros
Governments should continue to treat containment of the coronavirus as a priority, the head of…
Coronavirus: NHS staff get power to keep patients in isolation as UK declares “serious threat”
The UK government has declared that the incidence or transmission of the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV…
AI, brain scans may alter how doctors treat depression
Artificial intelligence may soon play a critical role in choosing which depression therapy is best…
Supercharged light pulverizes asteroids
The majority of stars in the universe will become luminous enough to blast surrounding asteroids…
Sensory perception is not superficial brain work
How does the brain decide which of the senses it will focus attention on when…
STAT Plus: For homebound people and their distant caregivers, smarter speakers to keep track of their health
Every day, Kathleen McVicar of Cotuit, Mass., has a few simple questions for her 85-year-old…
Oblique electrostatic inject-deposited TiO2 film for efficient perovskite solar cells
The need to efficiently harvest solar energy for a more sustainable future is increasingly becoming…
Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy connected to elevated risk of ADHD
The risk of ADHD was 34 percent higher in children whose mother had a vitamin…
Innate protein restricts HIV replication by targeting lipid rafts
A recent study suggests that the innate protein AIBP restricts HIV-1 replications by targeting the…
Not everything is ferromagnetic in high magnetic fields
High magnetic fields have a potential to modify the microscopic arrangement of magnetic moments because…
The brain of migraine sufferers is hyper-excitable
Individuals who suffer from migraine headaches appear to have a hyper-excitable visual cortex. Read Original…
Epigenetics: Inheritance of epigenetic marks
A study undertaken by a molecular biologist sheds new light on the mechanisms that control…
New world map of fish genetic diversity
An international research team has studied genetic diversity among fish around the world for the…
Model shows how to make on-farm sustainable energy projects profitable
Researchers have developed a model that could boost investment in farm-based sustainable energy projects by…
Adding sewage sludge on soils does not promote antibiotic resistance
Adding sewage sludge on soils does not promote antibiotic resistance, a study shows. Read Original…
Human gut-in-a-dish model helps define ‘leaky gut,’ and outline a pathway to treatment
UC San Diego researchers use 3D human gut organoids to reveal the molecular system that…
Diagnostics: Thermometer can be stretched and crumpled by water
A research team developed a flexible ionic conductor that is water-processable and thermal stable. Read…
New research supports previous studies on global sea level rise
Using data from European satellites, a student has demonstrated that the global sea level rise…
Geothermal energy: Drilling a 3,000 meters deep well
Destabilizing the precarious equilibrium at depth with geothermal wells may reactivate the geological layers causing…