Health & Medicine
Nylon fibres made to flex like muscles
29 Nov 2016
MIT engineers find a simple and inexpensive new approach to creating bending artificial muscle fibres
Vestibular function declines starting at age 40
29 Nov 2016
First caesarean where mother survived dates back to 1337
28 Nov 2016
The first birth by caesarean section where both the mother and child survived may have taken place in 1337 in Prague, researchers claim
‘Diet’ colas may actually stop you from losing weight: study
26 Nov 2016
In what will come as a shock to those who consume ‘diet’ labelled fizzy drinks hoping to avoid weight gain, a study has such drinks actually stop you losing weight rather than help you
Upward mobility boosts immunity in monkeys
25 Nov 2016
As in humans, in rhesus monkeys the chronic stress of life at the bottom of the ladder can alter the immune system even in the absence of other risk factors, shows a new study
Pioneering heart surgeon Denton Cooley dies at 96
19 Nov 2016
Dr Denton Cooley’s contributions to heart surgery are beyond question, but he got into controversy when he used an artificial heart developed by a former colleague without permission and before it had been approved for use in humans