Seaweed capsules may lead to an injection-free life for diabetic patients
A microencapsulation method, developed by OIST researchers, can help to overcome major challenges in pancreatic islet transplantation
Hypnosis may provide new option for 'awake surgery' for brain cancer
Could hypnosis help to reduce the psychological trauma associated with "awake craniotomy" for brain cancers?
Human Research Loopholes: Alive and Well
Proposed Common Rule regulation is lousy with loopholes, including ones that could exempt tracking online behavior and experiments related to intelligence activities
Liquid salts deliver drugs through the skin with enhanced efficacy and reduced toxicity
Formulating drugs as liquid salts may provide a safe and efficient strategy for topical delivery of drugs that cause skin toxicity.
New breast cancer drug may be effective against other types of cancer
Palbociclib, in combination with other therapies, has potentially powerful effect
Factors predicting low patient accrual in cancer clinical trials
Nearly one in four publicly sponsored cancer clinical trials fail to enroll enough participants to draw valid conclusions about treatments or techniques.
Cartilage growing to rebuild body parts 'within three years'
Patients needing surgery to reconstruct body parts such as noses and ears could soon have treatment using cartilage which has been grown in a lab.
People's Brain Chemistry May Reveal the Hour of Their Death
The tiny biological clocks ticking away inside the body stop when life ends, leaving a timestamp of sorts
Prescribing Red Wine: An Rx for the End of Life
Red Wine for Palliative Care
9 spices that just might save your life one day
Not only is cinnamon a powerful antioxidant, it may be able to prevent blood clots and even cardiovascular disease
Halting march of Zika virus is health priority for 2016
New year, new threat. A virus suspected of triggering fetal brain damage is likely to spread further in 2016.
First Dengue Fever Vaccine Gets Green Light in Three Countries
Mosquito-borne disease affecting millions has had no approved vaccine until now
What Should People Do With Food Waste? Make Beer
Craft beers are getting creative
3 billion-year-old fossils show early microbes lived in cavities
SOME don’t like it hot. Early microbes looked for shade when the sun was strong, just like we do.
Two missions face off to seek life in icy seas of Enceladus
DOES anything live in the seas of Enceladus?
Controversial sleeping pill helps mice recover from strokes
TIME to wake up. Mice that have had a stroke recover more quickly if given small doses of a sleeping pill than if given a placebo.
Climate Chaos, Across the Map
What is going on with the weather?
What If the Causes of Violent Crime Are Blowing in the Wind?
Serious crimes are more likely to occur in neighborhoods downwind of air pollution, according to a new study.
Saffron-based crocin prevents liver cancer: Preclinical studies and beyond!!
Biomolecule of the golden spice is good for your liver
Did This Extinct Human Species Commit Homicide?
Did Homo naledi behave more like H. homicidensis?
Dementia loved ones benefit from visits
Spending time with loved ones with dementia is important even after they fail to recognise the faces of friends and family, a dementia charity says.
Drinking limits guidance set to be changed after review
New advice on how much people in the UK should limit their drinking is to be issued following the first review of official alcohol guidance in 20 years.
Everything Science Knows About Hangovers―And How to Cure Them
Good morning, sunshine! You are so screwed.
Japanese recognized for discovering element 113
A Japanese team has received official credit for the discovery of element 113, making the group the first in Asia to have its accomplishments enshrined in the periodic table.
LGA calls for calorie counts on alcohol
Makers of alcoholic drinks should display the calorie count on bottles and cans, the Local Government Association says.
A Starfish-Killing, Artificially Intelligent Robot Is Set to Patrol the Great Barrier Reef
Crown of thorns starfish are destroying the reef. Bots that wield poison could dampen the invasion
Untangling an Accounting Tool and an Ancient Incan Mystery
In a dry canyon strewn with the ruins of a long-dead city, archaeologists have made a discovery they hope will help unravel one of the most tenacious mysteries of ancient Peru: how to read the knotted string records, known as khipus, kept by the Incas.
F.D.A. Regulator, Widowed by Cancer, Helps Speed Drug Approval
In a profound change at the F.D.A.: a speeding up of the drug approval process
Is breakfast a waste of time?
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day - it's a great start, it's good for you, it stops you snacking, boosts metabolism and keeps you thin.
The surprising thing ancient mummies tell us about what to eat
What we learn from mummies challenges a central tenet of conventional thinking about what we ought to eat