'Poisoning' corrosion brings stainless magnesium closer
In a discovery that could have major implications for the aerospace, automotive and electronics industries, scientists have found a way to dramatically reduce the corrosion rate of lightweight wonder metal magnesium: adding arsenic.
Experts describe ways to eliminate wasteful medical tests and procedures
Medical organizations are participating in a campaign to help clinicians and patients avoid wasteful and sometimes harmful medical interventions.
Newly discovered ocean plume could be major source of iron
Scientists have discovered a vast plume of iron and other micronutrients more than 1,000 km long billowing from hydrothermal vents in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Free-floating planets may be born free
Tiny, round, cold clouds in space have all the right characteristics to form planets with no parent star. New observations, made with Chalmers University of Technology telescopes, show that not all free-floating planets were thrown out of existing planetary systems. They can also be born free.
Molten magma can survive in upper crust for hundreds of millennia
Reservoirs of silica-rich magma - the kind that causes the most explosive volcanic eruptions - can persist in Earth's upper crust for hundreds of thousands of years without triggering an eruption, according to new University of Washington modeling research.
Game Changers in Pediatric CPR
Three exciting new studies from the past year that may prove game changing in pediatric cardiac arrest and survival
Computer can read letters directly from the brain
Analysing MRI images of the brain with an elegant mathematical modelenabled researchers  to reconstruct thoughts more accurately than ever before.
Novel Chinese herbal medicine JSK improves spinal cord injury outcomes in rats
Findings published in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience
New risk score predicts 10-year dementia risk for type 2 diabetes patients
Researchers at Kaiser Permanente and the University Medical Centre Utrecht in the Netherlands have created the first risk score that predicts the 10-year individualized dementia risk for patients with type 2 diabetes, as reported in the inaugural issue of Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
Copper identified as culprit in Alzheimer's disease
Copper appears to be one of the main environmental factors that trigger the onset and enhance the progression of Alzheimer's disease by preventing the clearance and accelerating the accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain.
UCLA study suggests iron is at core of Alzheimer's disease
Findings challenge conventional thinking about possible causes of disorder
How shale fracking led to an Ohio town's first 100 earthquakes
Since records began in 1776, the people of Youngstown, Ohio had never experienced an earthquake. However, from January 2011, 109 tremors were recorded and new research in Geophysical Research-Solid Earth reveals how this may be the result of shale fracking.
New Lyme Culture Test Failed CDC Analysis
Eighty percent of the patient samples used to demonstrate a novel method of culturing Lyme disease spirochetes from serum contained gene sequences identical to those found in laboratory strains used to develop the test and were likely false positives, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers report in an article published online August 14 in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology.
Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease: Number may be 10 times more than reported
Preliminary estimates released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the number of Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease each year is around 300,000.
Baking is often associated with comfort food. Conjuring up homemade scones, chocolate brownies, macaroons or cupcakes has become a bit of a trend of late. But is there therapeutic value that is beneficial to mental health?
Researchers identify biomarkers for possible blood test to predict suicide risk
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have found a series of RNA biomarkers in blood that may help identify who is at risk for committing suicide.
Ingredient in turmeric spice when combined with anti-nausea drug kills cancer cells
In a laboratory, preclinical study recently published by the journal Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers combined structural features from anti-nausea drug thalidomide with common kitchen spice turmeric to create hybrid molecules that effectively kill multiple myeloma cells.
Prickly weed may be next superfood
Sea buckthorn, which grows in abundance around Scottish coasts, may be the next superfruit.
Woman, Dead for 42 Minutes, Brought Back to Life
Vanessa Tanasio went into cardiac arrest and was declared clinically dead soon after arrival.
Functional MRI Helps Nonresponsive Patients 'Talk'
Using functional MRI (fMRI), researchers have shown for the first time that patients who are nonresponsive because of severe brain injury can selectively focus their attention to follow commands and communicate.
China calls an end to harvesting organs from prisoners
If you go to China for an organ transplant, the organ may well have come from an executed prisoner. Not for much longer, perhaps.
First pre-clinical gene therapy study to reverse Rett symptoms
New research suggests replacing mutated genes with healthy ones may eventually be a feasible option to treat the most disabling of the autism spectrum disorders
Researchers reveal hunter-gatherers' taste for spice
Our early ancestors had a taste for spicy food, new research led by the University of York has revealed.
MERS virus discovered in bat near site of outbreak in Saudi Arabia
First study of MERS animal host in Saudi Arabia; led by Columbia University, EcoHealth Alliance, and the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Poor oral health linked to cancer-causing oral HPV infection
Poor oral health, including gum disease and dental problems, was found to be associated with oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, which causes about 40 percent to 80 percent of oropharyngeal cancers, according to a study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Schizophrenia symptoms linked to faulty 'switch' in brain
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have shown that psychotic symptoms experienced by people with schizophrenia could be caused by a faulty 'switch' within the brain.
Sniffing Out New Strategies in the Fight Against Alzheimer s Disease
Despite barriers of blood, brain and bureaucracy, intranasal insulin may emerge as a promising treatment for pathological memory loss
Drug Candidate SR9009 Increases Exercise Endurance
Drug Candidate Leads to Improved Endurance
Bacteria can cause pain on their own
Microbes caused discomfort in mice by activating nervous system, not immune response
Star twinkles could help pin down planet sizes
Starlight captured by the Kepler space telescope has revealed that the amount a star flickers is tied to its size
Psychedelic Drugs No Risk to Mental Health, Possible Benefit
Using classic psychedelic drugs does not raise the risk for mental health problems; on the contrary, it may offer some protection, new research suggests.
As Humans Change Landscape, Brains of Some Animals Change, Too
A new study suggests that the brains of several small mammals, including those of the little brown bat, have grown bigger as humans have altered the animals' living conditions.
Breast is best: Good bacteria arrive from mum's gut via breast milk
Scientists have discovered that important 'good' bacteria arrive in babies' digestive systems from their mother's gut via breast milk.
Flu shot may halve heart attack risk in middle aged with narrowed arteries
The flu shot seems to almost halve the risk of heart attacks in middle aged people with narrowed arteries, finds research published in the journal Heart.
Engaging in a brief cultural activity can reduce implicit prejudice
Social connection sparks interest in another culture; Acting on this interest improves attitudes toward that cultural group.
Single injection may revolutionize melanoma treatment
A new study at Moffitt Cancer Center could offer hope to people with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
Receptor may aid spread of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's in brain
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a way that corrupted, disease-causing proteins spread in the brain, potentially contributing to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other brain-damaging disorders.
Researchers uncover new biological target for combating Parkinson's disease
Compounds already exist to potentially treat both inherited and non-inherited cases