Health & Medicine
Sugary soft drinks linked to type 2 diabetes risk
By By Sam Wong | 29 Apr 2013
Drinking one extra sugar-sweetened soft drink a day can increase a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 22 per cent, a new study suggests
Fingerprinting malaria parasite drug resistance
29 Apr 2013
Scientists show the positive side of steroids
27 Apr 2013
Social gaming increases physical activity
27 Apr 2013
Autism risk spotted at birth in abnormal placentas
By By Karen N. Peart | 26 Apr 2013
First lab-on-chip to detect multiple tropical infections launched
26 Apr 2013
The portable test kit provides a rapid and reliable method to accurately test for multiple pathogens from just one blood sample in a matter of hours.
Air pollution linked to hardening of the arteries
25 Apr 2013
Long-term exposure to air pollution may be linked to heart attacks and strokes by speeding up atherosclerosis, or "hardening of the arteries," according to researchers
Miracle metal copper takes on the superbugs
24 Apr 2013
Dementia linked to chronic stress
20 Apr 2013
Discovery may help prevent HIV
18 Apr 2013
Decoding the structure of bone
By David L. Chandler, MIT News Office | 17 Apr 2013
Traces of 'relic venom' in python bites misguide diagnosis
16 Apr 2013
Research published this week shows pythons are a surprising potential source of false-positives in snake venom detection kits
The power of peptides
By By Gabrielle Olya | 15 Apr 2013
A new protein target for controlling diabetes
15 Apr 2013
Imaging methodology reveals atomic details not seen before
By By Megan Fellman | 09 Apr 2013
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