Collaborate Disseminate
In a fascinating discovery, scientists have pinpointed what happens in our brains when we’re expecting pain relief but are given a placebo, unknowingly, instead. It not only confirms ‘the placebo effect,’ but offers clues into how powerful the mind is … Continue reading The placebo effect unlocked: How the brain tricks itself into pain relief
In a fascinating discovery, scientists have pinpointed what happens in our brains when we’re expecting pain relief but are given a placebo, unknowingly, instead. It not only confirms ‘the placebo effect,’ but offers clues into how powerful the mind is … Continue reading The placebo effect unlocked: How the brain tricks itself into pain relief
A new report has sounded the alarm on the evolution of the avian influenza virus, with comprehensive genome sequencing showing that the current strain is now capable of multidirectional infections across species. While human-to-human risk remains low, … Continue reading “Enormous concern”: New bird flu transmission paths confirmed
Scientists have discovered that the ancient Egyptians may have had help building the pyramids after all – not from aliens, but a long-lost river. Evidence of a previously uncharted branch of the Nile has been found snaking along near dozens of pyramids… Continue reading New discovery shows what helped the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids
Using DNA and proteins, scientists have created new synthetic cells that act like living cells. Blurring the line between artificial and living materials, these cells can be reprogrammed to perform multiple functions, opening the door to new synthetic … Continue reading Self-assembling synthetic cells act like living cells with extra abilities
It may not be to everyone’s taste, but kombucha tea may be able to deliver the benefits of fasting, without the hardest part – the fasting itself. Researchers found that when the yeasts and bacteria from the fermented, sweetened tea colonized the gut, … Continue reading Kombucha microbes break down fat stores like fasting – without the effort
For the first time, scientists have uncovered the precise molecular mechanism that gives the tardigrade, one of the toughest organisms on the planet, its rare ability to switch on a near-invincibility cloak when faced with extreme stress.Continue Readi… Continue reading We finally know just how tardigrades are all but invincible under stress
Nobody likes having to get needles on a frequent basis, or even having to take multiple medications orally throughout the day. A new wearable patch could help, by painlessly administering different drugs through the skin when triggered by a smartphone…. Continue reading Smartphone-controlled skin patch releases multiple medications on demand
The most comprehensive genetic map of oral stem cells to date has provided new insight into their specialized development pathways and opens the door to targeted regenerative medicine and interventions, such as therapies to grow bone.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Oral stem cell discovery reveals how they can be made to grow new bone
Researchers have developed an alternative way of desensitizing very young peanut-allergic children to the food. Under-the-tongue immunotherapy was found to be safer and easier to administer than the current treatment and may provide another method of c… Continue reading Under-the-tongue immunotherapy a treatment for childhood peanut allergy