Collaborate Disseminate
Stars are big hot balls of plasma, but astronomers have now spotted a super strange one that seems to have a solid surface. Its intense magnetic field is strong enough to overcome its blistering temperatures and “freeze” its outer layers into a solid c… Continue reading Bizarre star may have a solid surface, according to X-ray observations
If you’ve ever been turning over your compost heap and found months-old “compostable” plastic items that were still mostly intact – well, you’re not alone. New research states that 60% of such plastics don’t fully biodegrade in home composting systems…. Continue reading Study shows majority of “home compostable” plastics don’t fully degrade
Striking new research proposes taking a common anti-inflammatory drug soon after experiencing a traumatic event could help people forget upsetting memories and reduce their risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading How taking an anti-inflammatory drug after a trauma may prevent PTSD
Scientists have sequenced the genomes of two ancient skeletons, and found they constitute the oldest human DNA in the British isles. The data reveals the story of two separate migrations of early humans into what is now the UK, and how these different … Continue reading Britain’s oldest human genomes reveal cannibals and hunter-gatherers
Does anyone remember phone numbers anymore? Or have all these little bits of information you used to memorize moved onto digital devices such as smartphones? Some have argued this outsourcing of our memory is damaging our ability to remember anything p… Continue reading Outsourcing our memory to digital devices may actually be beneficial
Autism and ADHD are becoming better understood, but clinicians can still find the two conditions difficult to tell apart. Now, South Australian researchers say they’ve identified biomarkers that could allow these two conditions to be diagnosed and dist… Continue reading Simple retina test could accurately distinguish autism from ADHD
One of the many promising uses for 3D printing is the creation of personalized medicines, in which dosages and drug combinations can be tailored to an individual’s needs. A new advance in this area has demonstrated how these types of medicines could be… Continue reading 3D-printed tablets offer taste of personalized seven-second medicine
A team of European researchers has suggested that the Moon’s orbit could be used as a gigantic detector for gravitational waves – ripples in the very fabric of spacetime itself. These waves, much smaller than those that existing detectors can pick up, … Continue reading Firing lasers at the Moon to detect early-universe gravitational waves
The ability to stimulate and or control cells in the brain could provide us with powerful new ways to understand and treat neurological disorders, and we’re starting to see some very interesting ways this might be achieved. Scientists at University Col… Continue reading Magnetic microparticles allow remote control of select brain cells
One promising possibility for next-gen cancer treatments involves infiltrating tumors with specially-designed particles and heating them up to destroy the cancerous tissue, and new research from the University of College London (UCL) takes this technol… Continue reading Magnetic seeds can be steered into cancer tissue to kill it with heat