Health & Medicine
Reports call for $2 billion fund to spur research into new antibiotics
15 May 2015
Jim O'Neill, former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has called for a $2-billion fund for research into new antibiotics
Link between vitamin E and air pollution
15 May 2015
Novel liquid biopsy platform
12 May 2015
Implantable electrode coating good as gold
11 May 2015
Northwestern scientists develop first liquid nano-laser
09 May 2015
This new laser technology could lead to practical applications, such as a new form of a ''lab on a chip'' for medical diagnostics
Stanford engineers observe the moment when the mind changes
07 May 2015
Deeper understanding of decision-making will help researchers to fine-tune the control algorithms of neural prostheses to enable people with paralysis to drive a brain-controlled prosthetic arm or guide a neurally-activated cursor on a computer screen
New technique shows shale-drilling chemicals in drinking-water taps near leak
07 May 2015
Substances commonly used for drilling or extracting Marcellus shale gas travelled from shale gas wells more than two kilometers in the sub-surface to drinking water wells
Drug that can prevent the onset of diabetes is rarely used
06 May 2015
Few doctors are prescribing a low-cost drug that has been proven effective in preventing the onset of diabetes, according to a University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) study