How depleting the gut microbiota protects from obesity
Microbiota has also an impact on the way calories are absorbed and how fat cells develop
Moderate coffee drinking may lower risk of premature death
Drinkers of both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee saw benefits
Discovery of hidden earthquake presents challenge to earthquake early-warning systems
Seismologists at the University of Liverpool studying the 2011 Chile earthquake have discovered a previously undetected earthquake which took place seconds after the initial rupture.
Study: Earth's climate more sensitive to CO2 than previously thought
Return to hothouse climate may take less carbon dioxide than expected
Surgeons at NYU Langone Medical Center perform the most extensive face transplant to date
Patient is country's first 'first responder' to undergo the procedure to repair injuries suffered in the line of duty
Animal magnetic sense comes from protein that acts as a compass
Quick – can you tell where north is? Animals as diverse as sea turtles, birds, worms, butterflies and wolves can, thanks to sensing Earth’s magnetic field.
In a Tooth, DNA From Some Very Old Cousins, the Denisovans
A tooth fossil discovered in a Siberian cave has yielded DNA from a vanished branch of the human tree, mysterious cousins called the Denisovans, scientists said Monday.
Anti-booze drug may flush out dormant HIV and could lead to cure
It could be just what HIV researchers the world over have been waiting for – a non-toxic drug that will drive the virus from its hiding places around the body.
Pancreatic cancer drug 'breakthrough'
A new treatment for pancreatic cancer could significantly increase survival rates, Ulster University has claimed.
Blood test results vary from drop to drop in fingerprick tests
Rice study: 6 to 9 drops of blood may be needed for consistent measurements
Brain wrinkle linked to hallucinations
A study of 153 brain scans has linked a particular furrow, near the front of each hemisphere, to hallucinations in schizophrenia.
Common pigeon: Not just a bird brain, but a brainy bird
Study finds pigeons uncommonly good at distinguishing cancerous from normal breast tissue
Tel Aviv Univ discovery may redefine classifications in the animal kingdom
Research finds a close cousin of the jellyfish evolved into a microscopic parasite that lives in fish
Evidence of probable transmission of bird flu virus between two unrelated individuals
Hospital acquired (nosocomial) infection most likely route of transmission, say researchers
Dawn of gene-editing medicine?
Does the smiling face of Layla Richards mark a new era in genetic medicine that could change all our lives?
Chemical engineers have figured out how to make vaccines faster
System uses freeze-dry concept for 'just-add-water' solution
'Rat vision' may give humans best sight of all
Humans have the best of all possible visual worlds because our full stereo vision combines with primitive visual pathways to quickly spot danger, a study led by the University of Sydney has discovered.
Crack it! Energy from a fossil fuel without carbon dioxide
IASS and KIT develop a technology to produce hydrogen from methane without carbon dioxide emissions
How Gourds Survived When Even Mastodons Went
Human domestication may have helped save the wild ancestors of pumpkins, gourds and squash from extinction.
Parasitic worm 'increases women's fertility'
Infection with a species of parasitic worm increases the fertility of women, say scientists.
Electronic plants developed at Linköping University
Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have created analog and digital electronics circuits inside living plants.
U of T research sheds new light on mysterious fungus that has major health consequences
Researchers at the University of Toronto examined fungi in the mucus of patients with cystic fibrosis and discovered how one particularly cunning fungal species has evolved to defend itself against neighbouring bacteria.
Liberia confirms fresh Ebola cases
Three new cases of Ebola have been confirmed in Liberia less than three months after the country was declared free of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
Electric fields remove nanoparticles from blood with ease
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego developed a new technology that uses an oscillating electric field to easily and quickly isolate drug-delivery nanoparticles from blood.