Health & Medicine
UK researchers develop simple, cheap, fast Ebola test
15 Oct 2014
Researchers in the UK claim to have have developed a fast, simple and affordable blood test to detect and diagnose the Ebola virus, specifically in relation to the worst-ever outbreak of the disease this year
Bio researchers receive patent to fight superbugs
14 Oct 2014
Researchers have received a patent for producing antimicrobial compounds that degrade and destroy antibiotic-resistant bacteria by using the pathogen's own genes against it
Sensors to simplify diabetes management
14 Oct 2014
The skin cancer selfie
14 Oct 2014
Gigapixel camera that takes high-resolution snapshots of the entire body could be simple new tool for whole-body skin cancer screening
Nanoparticles accumulate quickly in wetland sediment
13 Oct 2014
Aquatic food chains might be harmed by molecules "piggybacking" on carbon nanoparticles
‘Smart’ bandage emits phosphorescent glow for healing below
13 Oct 2014
Inspired by wounded warriors, new paint-on, see-through bandage not only protects wounds and severe burns but enables direct measurement of tissue oxygenation
Consumers may be drinking more harmful sugar than soda labels reveal
11 Oct 2014
Soda consumers may be getting a much higher dose of the harmful sugar fructose than they have been led to believe, according to a new study
Long acting HIV drugs to be developed
11 Oct 2014
Scientists isolate blood stem cells
11 Oct 2014
Nanoparticles get a magnetic handle
11 Oct 2014
Manipulating memory with light
10 Oct 2014
Hunger games: how the brain 'browns' fat to aid weight loss
10 Oct 2014
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have uncovered a molecular process in the brain known to control eating that transforms white fat into brown fat, a process that impacts how much energy we burn and how much weight we can lose