At Frito-Lay, Some Chips Have Been Down
Frito-lay has been issued a warning by the FDA for allergen and chip mix-up issues….
Category: Science and Health
A Drug Mix-Up Prompts a Recall
A mistake at a drug packaging plant caused Viagra and an antidepressant. once used for…
Gut microbiota plays a role in brain function and mood regulation
Depression is a mental disorder that affects more than 264 million people of all ages…
‘The robot made me do it’: Robots encourage risk-taking behavior in people
New research has shown robots can encourage humans to take greater risks in a simulated…
The pressure sensor of the venus flytrap
The display of a smartphone reacts to finger pressure. The carnivorous Venus flytrap, on the…
Mass extinctions of land-dwelling animals occur in 27-million-year cycle
Mass extinctions of land-dwelling animals–including amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds — follow a cycle of…
Artificial intelligence improves control of powerful plasma accelerators
Researchers have used AI to control beams for the next generation of smaller, cheaper accelerators…
Test your heart health by climbing stairs
Climbing four flights of stairs in less than a minute indicates good heart health, according…
Scientists build whole functioning thymus from human cells
Researchers have rebuilt a human thymus, an essential organ in the immune system, using human…
Covid-19: Moving London into tier 3 would be “big mistake,” warns leading epidemiologist
A leading epidemiologist has urged the government not to put the UK capital into strict…
Peter Holt Dootson
bmj;371/dec11_9/m4769/FAF1faPeter Holt Dootson, a much loved general practitioner in Cheshire for over 38 years, was…
Brian D Hore
bmj;371/dec11_8/m4771/FAF1faBrian D Hore was born on 21 September 1937 and died on 26 July 2020….
Sam Simon Sebastian Gibbs
bmj;371/dec11_7/m4770/FAF1faSam Simon Sebastian Gibbs grew up in East Anglia with two other doctors in the…
Evan Reginald Price
bmj;371/dec11_6/m4772/FAF1faEvan Reginald Price was born in the village of Llanon, Cardiganshire, and grew up in…
Covid-19: FDA panel votes to approve Pfizer BioNTech vaccine
The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) independent panel of experts voted on 10 December…
Covid-19: Test and trace system must improve its below par performance, NAO concludes
England’s test and trace service must improve its performance because laboratories are working well below…
Maternity care: services across England require “immediate and essential actions”
A catalogue of failures including poor risk assessment, injudicious use of oxytocin, poor monitoring of…
Out of the shadows: the legacy of racism in obstetrics and gynaecology
Strolling through the dark streets of Berlin on the evening of 9 November, casual observers…
Stillbirths and neonatal deaths fell 15% in five years, but inequalities remain, UK report finds
Extended perinatal mortality (stillbirths and neonatal deaths) decreased by 15% between 2013 and 2018, but…
Diet modifications – including more wine and cheese – may help reduce cognitive decline
The foods we eat may have a direct impact on our cognitive acuity in our…
Electric ‘knob’ tunes chemical reaction rates in quantum gas
Building on their newfound ability to induce molecules in ultracold gases to interact with each…
Embryonic development in a petri dish
By growing mouse stem cells in a special gel, a research team succeeded to grow…
What caused the ice ages? Tiny ocean fossils offer key evidence
Since the discovery that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations were lower during past ice ages,…
Making cheaper, biocompatible E-skin electrodes
Materials scientists have improved electrical conductivity in a polymer electrode for E-skin applications. Their approach…
Going Truly Vegan Could Improve Your Health
A new study has linked significant health benefits with a real vegan diet. Read Original…
New algorithm will prevent misidentification of cancer cells
Researchers have developed a computer algorithm that can identify differences in cancer cell lines based…
Amino acid recycling in cells: Autophagy helps cells adapt to changing conditions
Scientists have shown for the first time how specific metabolites produced by autophagy are utilized…
Under wraps: X-rays reveal 1,900-year-old mummy’s secrets
Researchers used powerful X-rays to see the preserved remains of an ancient Egyptian girl without…
A look at the sun’s dusty environment
Scientists say that how dust moves and transforms around the sun may give them new…
One-two punch: Sea urchins stuck belly-up in low-oxygen hot water
Low oxygen seawater (hypoxia) may be more stressful to reef organisms than high water temperatures…
Human egg cells are imperfect surprisingly often
More than 7% of human oocytes contain at least one exchangeless chromosome pair, demonstrating a…
A gene from ancient bacteria helps ticks spread Lyme disease
One reason ticks spread Lyme disease so well goes back to a unique evolutionary event….
How seaweed-munching crabs could help save coral reefs
Coral reefs are facing a steep decline today for many reasons, including climate change, overfishing,…
Inhaled vaccine induces fast, strong immune response in mice and non-human primates
Researchers demonstrate in a new study that a phage-based inhalation delivery system for vaccines generates…
Energy-efficient magnetic RAM: A new building block for spintronic technologies
Researchers demonstrate a new way to enhance the energy efficiency of the non-volatile magnetic memory….
Rugby players plan negligence claim for chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Eight former rugby players with early onset dementia are planning to launch negligence claims against…
Covid-19 mass testing: throwing the baby out with the bathwater?
Abbasi1 and Gill2 rightly criticise the government’s unevaluated coronavirus mass testing plan and the appointment…
A traumatic elbow injury
A 4 year old boy presented with pain in his right elbow after a fall…
Covid-19: People with history of significant allergic reactions should not receive Pfizer vaccine, says regulator
People who have a history of a significant allergic reaction to a vaccine, medicine, or…
Lightening the viral load to lessen covid-19 severity
Although the number of positive tests for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) across…
How we coped with covid-19—and silver linings
Zoom meetings and audio books, camaraderie with colleagues and royal college work, running and long…
The Babinski sign in Renaissance paintings—a reappraisal of the toe phenomenon in representations of the Christ Child: observational analysis
AbstractObjectiveTo investigate systematically the presence of the Babinski sign in paintings of the Christ Child…
The time to act is now: pseudo-systematic review
AbstractObjectiveTo identify any medical or public health rationale for claims that the time to act…
Dr Brock, re-education, and ergotherapy: how an innovative treatment shaped Wilfred Owen’s poetry
The end of 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the posthumous publication of Wilfred Owen’s…
Covid-19: Fired Florida statistician says police raid aimed to identify her government contacts
A former covid-19 data analyst for the state of Florida, who was fired after claiming…
Finding an aneurysm . . . and other stories
Unruptured intracranial aneurysmsA downside of the widespread availability of magnetic resonance imaging is the incidental…
Covid-19: Transparency and communication are key
As the first wave of covid-19 vaccination gets under way, the need for good communication…
Honey bees fend off giant hornets with animal feces
Researchers discovered honeybees in Vietnam collect and apply animal dung around hive entrances to deter…
A technique to sift out the universe’s first gravitational waves
A new technique may sift out universe’s very first gravitational waves. Identifying primordial ripples would…
First-known fossil iguana burrow found in the Bahamas
The fossilized burrow dates back to the Late Pleistocene Epoch, about 115,000 years ago, and…