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Vapour Death to MRSA!

05/01/2013

Hydrogen peroxide vapor enhances hospital disinfection of superbugs. Johns Hopkins to begin decontaminating isolation rooms with robotic, vapor-dispersing devices. ...

Oh, Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree

04/01/2013

The needles of the plant Pseudotsuga menziesii, commonly known as the Douglas fir could be used to sterilize nano devices destined for medical applications....

Where do Jellyfish come from?

03/01/2013

Scientists have cast doubt on the widely held perception that there has been a global increase in jellyfish....

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Relax. You Can Change

02/01/2013

young people, middle-aged people and older people all believe that they have changed a lot in the past -- but that they will change relatively little in the future....

Higher, Drunker, Faster: Female Students Binge-Drinking

01/01/2013

The amount drunk per unit of time is higher among women. In other words, even though male students drink more often, females do so more intensively in shorter periods of time...

Putting electronic cigarettes to the test

31/12/2012

Electronic cigarettes are experiencing somewhat of a boom at the moment. An estimated two million people in Germany have already turned to the vapor cigarette, which many view as a healthy...

The Water Cooler of life

30/12/2012

The health benefits of 'water clubs' in care homes for the elderly, where residents gather together regularly to drink water, live longer....

How cold will a winter be in 2 years?

29/12/2012

How well are the most important climate models able to predict the weather conditions for the coming year or even the next decade?...

European Romani exodus began 1,500 years ago.

28/12/2012

Despite their modern-day diversity of language, lifestyle, and religion, Europe's widespread Romani population shares a common, if complex, past....

HIV protection gel!

27/12/2012

Vaginal microbicide gel may offer a promising strategy for prevention and protection against HIV transmission....

Consuming putrid food can be lethal as it allows bacterial pathogens to enter the digestive system. To detect signs of decay and thus allowing us and other animals to avoid such food poisoning is one...

Nobody’s perfect [Don’t Worry]

25/12/2012

Researchers at Cambridge and Cardiff have found that, on average, a normal healthy person carries approximately 400 potentially damaging DNA variants and two variants known to be associated directly...

Plant growth in zero-gravity

24/12/2012

It is well known that plant growth patterns are influenced by a variety of stimuli, gravity being one amongst many. What happens to plant growth when you remove gravity?...

‘Experts’: lower fat diets reduce weight and BMI

23/12/2012

Yeah yeah yeah: Reducing overall fat in the typical diet can lead to small reductions in body weight in adults that could be highly significant on a population-wide scale. ...

Synthetic fuel could eliminate US need for crude oil

22/12/2012

The United States could eliminate the need for crude oil by using a combination of coal, natural gas and non-food crops to make synthetic fuel, a team of Princeton researchers has found....

The many maps of the brain

21/12/2012

Your brain has at least four different senses of location – and perhaps as many as 10....

Magnetic fish point to Santa

20/12/2012

Christmas carp at Czech markets suggest fish geomagnetic sensing capabilities...

Extraverted gorillas enjoy longer lives

19/12/2012

Gorillas with an extravert personality live longer than their more introverted peers, a study suggests....

Pokemon & face-recognition processes

18/12/2012

As human beings, we have a highly sensitive and efficient cognitive and neural mechanism for recognizing faces. Pokemon provides useful tools for facial recognition. ...

Trapped in a Raid: Psychology and World of Warcraft

17/12/2012

The sense of immersion in role-play and computer games is sometimes viewed as dangerous, as players' strong perceptions of fictional worlds are assumed to make them lose contact with reality. ...

Advice for bag-in-box wine drinkers: Keep it cool

16/12/2012

Advice for bag-in-box wine drinkers: Keep it cool. Published in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, it emphasizes the importance of storing these popular, economical vintages at cool...

Alzheimer’s: Potential Breakthrough

15/12/2012

Despite researchers' best efforts, no drug exists that can stop the onslaught of Alzheimer's disease. Review offers renewed optimism in fight against fatal neurodegenerative disease...

Smoking may worsen hangover after heavy drinking

14/12/2012

WARNING: People who like to smoke when they drink may be at greater risk of suffering a hangover the next morning. ...

The Poor: Baby Daddy’s Gone Die

13/12/2012

Watch em die: Gaps in life expectancy between rich and poor set to increase over next 10 years. Study show the economics plays an important role in life expectancy even in countries with Socialised...

New Galaxy Found! and it glows green…

13/12/2012

Many galaxies have a giant black hole at their centre that causes the gas around it to glow. However, in the case of green bean galaxies, the entire galaxy is glowing, not just the centre....

Zombie Pandemic: Academics promote strategic plan

12/12/2012

About 60% of infectious diseases are caused by viruses, bacteria and other pathogens that make the jump to humans from other species. How do we prevent society's inevitable entropy. ...

The Christmas spirit

10/12/2012

As the nights draw in and the temperature begins to drop, many of us will be thinking of ways to warm up on the dark winter nights. However, few would think that remembering days gone by would be an...

When you lie, your nose temperature raises

09/12/2012

Researchers confirm the 'Pinocchio Effect': When you lie, your nose temperature raises. This study demonstrates that body temperature in the orbital muscle –placed in the inner corner of the eye-...

Grief is not a disease, but cancer is — what about erectile dysfunction?

08/12/2012

People are unanimous that wrinkles, grief and homosexuality are not diseases. What about drug addiction or absence of sexual desire? Or erectile dysfunction, infertility or obesity?...