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New links between heart attacks, inflammatory bowel disease found

Inflammation has long been recognised as playing a key role in the development of heart disease.

10 Mar 2018 5:37 PM

The specialists are creating reproductive tools that can aid in the species's recovery, hopeful that artificial insemination techniques can help the population thrive. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientists artificially inseminate wolf living in bid to save dying species

Researchers hope female wolf living in Brookfield Zoo will have puppies after they tried using artificial insemination to impregnate her.

14 Feb 2018 9:21 PM

The extremely thin, almost invisible foil that sticks to the palm of the hand like a second skin, have sensors which provide people with a "sixth sense" for magnetic fields.

Now Electronic 'skin tattoo' can let you remotely control devices

Researchers demonstrated that the ultrathin, compliant magnetic field sensors in combination with a permanent magnet.

22 Jan 2018 8:39 AM

It establishes a more accessible target for brain stimulation than many autism-related neural circuits that are buried within the brain. (Photo: Pixabay)

Brain zapping may restore social behaviour in autistic kids

This area of the brain has not received the attention it deserves in regards to understanding autism.

17 Dec 2017 3:58 PM

This can help assist policymakers in designing better interventions to fight poverty. (Photo: Pixabay)

New mapping technique can help fight extreme poverty

While declining in most areas of the world, roughly 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty.

12 Dec 2017 2:44 PM

Many patients' lymphoma tumours melted away within a month. (Photo: Pixabay)

New immunotherapy to help fight cancer developed

A team led by an Indian-origin researcher has developed a novel cancer treatment.

11 Dec 2017 3:02 PM

The advance takes a major step toward the end goal of repairing dead heart muscle in human patients, researchers said. (Photo: Pixabay)

Artificial muscle patch can mend broken hearts

Unlike some human organs, the heart cannot regenerate itself after a heart attack.

29 Nov 2017 1:57 PM

Hughes is a 61-year-old limo driver who's spent the last few years building a steam-powered rocket out of salvage parts in his garage. (Photo: Pixabay)

Self-taught rocket scientist plans to launch over ghost town

First things first — this jump over a ghost town. He will be tinkering with his rocket right up to takeoff.

20 Nov 2017 2:18 PM

Zaynar, who is an ex-NASA worker, removed myostanin, which inhibits muscle growth, with the gene cutting technology saying that this is the first time in history that men are ‘no longer slaves to our genetics.’ (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientist tries to make himself superhuman by editing own DNA

Josiah Zayner becomes first known person to have edited his DNA after removing protein inhibiting muscle growth.

20 Nov 2017 10:14 AM

According to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, liquid mercury has a density 13.6 times that of water. Is that enough to hold up Cody's body weight? - Photo: Pixabay

Can you stand on liquid mercury? Watch a scientist try

A YouTube science host pours 640 pounds of liquid mercury into a tub and tries to stand on it. The results are fascinating.

11 Nov 2017 9:56 AM

The spectra grew brighter and dimmer at least five times more slowly, stretching an event which normally lasts 100 days to over two years. (Photo: Pixabay)

Bizarre star that refuses to die discovered

The spectra obtained at Keck Observatory showed that this supernova looked like nothing ever seen before.

09 Nov 2017 3:19 PM

The skull was discovered near the town of Aitape, about 7 miles (12 km) inland from Papua New Guinea’s northern coast. (Photo credit: Reuters)

Skull called oldest-known tsunami victim found in Papua New Guinea

Scientists say sediments in which bone found bear hallmarks of the giant wave. Skull fragment from coastal site dates back to 6,000 years ago.

27 Oct 2017 9:40 AM

No fossilized bones were found, but the footprints alone showed a lot about the animal. The scientists concluded it was a large theropod -- the two-legged carnivorous dinosaur group. (Photo credit: Reuters)

Fossil footprints reveal existence of big early dinosaur predator

Scientists described the footprints from an ancient river bank in Lesotho and estimated that the dinosaur was about 30 feet (9 meters) long.

27 Oct 2017 9:11 AM

Scientists are altering a powerful gene-editing technology in hopes of one day fighting diseases without making permanent changes to people’s DNA. A genome editing technique called CRISPR has revolutionized scientific research. (Photo credit: AP)

Scientists working toward reversible kind of gene editing

Researchers are using CRISPR to develop malaria-resistant mosquitoes and to develop treatments that one day may help genetic diseases.

27 Oct 2017 8:52 AM

Researchers at the University of Colorado have found more evidence that an increase in earthquakes on the Colorado-New Mexico border since 2001 was caused by wells that inject wastewater from oil and gas production back underground. (Photo credit: AP)

Walk on Mars through your smartphone

Here is your chance to take a walk on Mars, where users could breathe and walk around freely, all without the burden of a bulky spacesuit.

23 Oct 2017 1:36 PM

EPA cancels appearance of scientists at Rhode Island event

The event is designed to draw attention to the health of Narragansett Bay, which forms New England’s largest estuary.

23 Oct 2017 8:37 AM

Cetaceans — whales and dolphins — are among the brainiest of beings. In terms of sheer brain size, the sperm whale is tops on Earth, with a brain six times larger than that of a person.

Big and brilliant: complex whale behaviour tied to brain size

Scientists have identified key differences among cetaceans linked to brain size.

18 Oct 2017 12:57 PM

Astronomers witness huge cosmic crash, find origins of gold

Thousands of astronomers found the aftermath of the merger in the sky.

17 Oct 2017 9:55 AM

Researchers said the discovery could benefit millions of people in the developing world who depend on corn as a staple (Representational Image)

US scientists create corn to boost protein

Crop will produce amino acid contained in meat, in the process boosting the nutritional value of one of the world's most important crops.

10 Oct 2017 8:47 AM

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