Professor Schwandt said: “The prevalence of hypertension and obesity in children and adolescents is continuing to rise in most high and middle-income…
Such properties are directly related to the 3D structure of the drug molecule. Ideally, the drug should have a shape that is perfectly complementary to a…
Scientists have assumed the bacterial version of an immune system would robotically destroy anything it recognized as invading viral genes. However, new…
The neurons in the cerebral cortex that transmit the information modify the synaptic connections that they have with the other neurons. According to a…
The chemical uniformity of stars in the same cluster is the result of turbulent mixing in the clouds of gas where star formation occurs, according to a study…
Researchers at the University of Southampton detected the rapid rise in sea-level by studying satellite scans of a region that spans more than a million square…
For farmers, what’s left of the proceeds from harvesting what they have produced through sheer physical effort is barely enough for them to feed themselves and…
Playing the part of inspectors, the experts will have access to a wide range of sensor technologies to look for signs of whether a nuclear explosion has taken…
The newly developed test (TAM-TB assay) is the first reliable immunodiagnostic assay to detect active tuberculosis in children. The test features excellent…
The substance, methylglyoxal – MG, was found to damage 'good' HDL cholesterol, which removes excess levels of bad cholesterol from the body.
The study's authors say we should all think carefully about the food we choose and its environmental impact. A shift to healthier diets across the world is…
A fast-sensitive “electronic-nose” for sniffing the highly infectious bacteria C. diff, that causes diarrhoea, temperature and stomach cramps, has been…
In the first field study of its kind, published today, researchers found enriching a 'lean' office with plants could increase productivity by 15%.
A fundamental characteristic of neurons that extend into the skin and record touch, so-called first-order neurons in the tactile system, is that they branch in…
The Helmholtz Enterprise funding programme supports spin-offs during the critical start-up phase, helping research findings to be applied rapidly for the…
A study just published in the prestigious Nature Neuroscience journal by, Sylvain Williams, PhD, and his team, of the Research Centre of the Douglas Mental…
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