Could that cold sore increase your risk of memory problems?
Cold sore viruses may be associated with cognitive problems
What a bunch of dodos!
A catastrophic mass extinction of birds in the Pacific Islands followed the arrival of the first people
Kidney sparing surgery underutilized for patients who need it most
Patients with chronic kidney insufficiency had an almost two-fold higher probability of undergoing total nephrectomy
Nerve regeneration research and therapy may get boost from new discovery
New mechanism for guiding the growth of nerves that involves cell-death machinery may bring advances in neurological medicine
Sporting groups face struggle for coaches, study finds
Australian sport faces a looming shortfall in experienced coaches as the workforce ages and less people are entering the system, a Deakin University study has found.
New skin-eating amphibian discovered
Scientists have discovered a new species of caecilian - a worm-like amphibian - whose young peel off and eat their mother's skin.
T-cell therapy eradicates an aggressive leukemia in two children
Two children with an aggressive form of childhood leukemia had a complete remission of their disease  after treatment with a novel cell therapy
Just an (Eye) Drop of Poison
Eye-drop poisoning is more routine you might think
Master gene helps weeds defy all weedkillers
No wonder wheat and barley farmers in Europe and Australia have trouble killing ryegrass and black-grass. These plants have a master gene that makes some strains resistant to all major herbicides.
Scientists find Moon, asteroids share history
NASA and international researchers have discovered that Earth's moon has more in common than previously thought with large asteroids roaming our solar system.
Potential Chagas vaccine candidate shows unprecedented efficacy
Scientists also identify simple vaccine delivery model in 'breakthrough' discovery; Novel vaccine could arrive in veterinary market in as few as 5 years
Experts find link between low doses of vitamin D and adverse pregnancy outcomes
Supplements may reduce these risks
Early-onset baldness in African-American men may be linked to prostate cancer
Baldness was associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer among African-American men
Research suggests popular diabetes drugs can cause abnormal pancreatic growth in humans
Individuals who had taken a type of drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes showed abnormalities in the pancreas
How to Ace an Interview: Feel Powerful
Experiments show that simple psychological preparations make a big difference
Scientists form new nerve cells -- directly in the brain
The field of cell therapy, which aims to form new cells in the body in order to cure disease, has taken another important step in the development towards new treatments.
Tomatoes, Peppers, Strawberries Now Grow Well in Greenland's Arctic Valleys
On the Arctic Circle, a chef is growing the kind of vegetables and herbs - potatoes, thyme, tomatoes, green peppers - more fitting for a suburban garden in a temperate zone than a land of Northern Lights, glaciers and musk oxen.
Global fires after the asteroid impact probably caused the K-Pg extinction
About 66 million years ago a mountain-sized asteroid hit what is now the Yucatan in Mexico at exactly the time of the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction.
2011 Oklahoma temblor: Wastewater injection spurred biggest earthquake yet, study says
A new study in the journal Geology is the latest to tie a string of unusual earthquakes, in this case, in central Oklahoma, to the injection of wastewater deep underground.
Fiber cables made of air move data at 99.7 percent the speed of light
1.5 terabits per second, with only the laws of physics slowing it down.
Researchers successfully map fountain of youth
Researchers have for the first time mapped telomerase
Making living matter programmable
Thirty years ago, the future lay in programming computers. Today, it's programming cells.
Pesticides 'damage bee' brains'
Commonly used pesticides are damaging honey bee brains, studies suggest.
Scientists discover driving force behind prostate cancer
Research reveals the existence of a cancer inducing DNA re-alignment in stem cells from human prostate cancers
Genetic 'spelling mistakes' that increase risk of common cancers determined
More than 80 genetic 'spelling mistakes' that can increase the risk of breast, prostate and ovarian cancer have been found in a large, international research study within the framework of the EU network COGS.
Tiny Primitive Mammal Unearthed in Japan
The discovery of the jaw of a 112-million-year-old mammal from the early Cretaceous Period suggests that small creatures were already evolving quickly
First Love Child of Human, Neanderthal Found
The skeletal remains of an individual living in northern Italy 40,000-30,000 years ago are believed to be that of a human/Neanderthal hybrid, according to a paper in PLoS ONE
Vaccine promises to cull foot and mouth slaughter
Foot and mouth disease could be consigned to history, thanks to a new vaccine
Surgical menopause may prime brain for stroke, Alzheimer's
Women who abruptly and prematurely lose estrogen from surgical menopause have a two-fold increase in cognitive decline and dementia.
Organisation trumps size in primate brain evolution
The evolution of anthropoid primates, including monkeys, apes and humans, over the past 40 million years was largely driven by brain reorganization, and not brain size, according to new research from UCL.
Something Other Than Adaptation Could Be Driving Evolution
What explains the incredible variety of life on Earth? It seems obvious. Evolution, of course! But perhaps not the evolution most people grew up with.
New vaccine-design approach targets HIV and other fast-mutating viruses
Technique for vaccine design that could be particularly useful against HIV and other fast-changing viruses
Kansas was unbearably hot 270 million years ago
Temperatures soared to nearly 74 degrees Celsius, research suggests
Everything you know about osmosis is (probably) wrong
Though the concept is important to physiology, osmosis is understood in a much simpler - and often incorrect - way
Innate immune system can kill HIV when a viral gene is deactivated
Human cells have an intrinsic capacity to destroy HIV. However, the virus has evolved to contain a gene that blocks this ability.
Artificial spleen to treat bloodstream infections: Sepsis therapeutic device under development
A DARPA contract further advances a blood-cleansing technology and accelerate its translation to humans as a new type of sepsis therapy
Green Meteorite Found In Morocco May Be From Mercury
Scientists may have discovered the first meteorite from Mercury.