Electric shock may retreive back memory
Region: CanadaShooting electrical pulses into the brain with a device designed to help Parkinson’s patients helped a 50-year-old man remember an event from 30 years earlier as precisely as if it had just happened. The finding, a ... more
Views: 2239Bengal bird flu spreads to humans.
Region: IndiaIndia may record its first human bird flu cases if five persons in West Bengal, under observation for displaying "clinical symptoms" associated with the infection after handling backyard poultry, are confirmed to be afflic... more
Views: 1799King of rats is in the size of a bull
Region: FranceFossil hunters have uncovered the greatest rodent that ever lived — a one-tonne behemoth that bestrode the swamplands of South America some four million years ago. The newly-identified species is the greatest-known ... more
Views: 1887Good news for women, detect breast cancer at home.
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)A wonderful gift to the women of the world could soon be unveiled with researchers envisaging a technology to detect breast cancer as easily as a home pregnancy test. Researcher Dr Charles Streckfus (CORR) said it could pr... more
Views: 1812Gene chip to uncover diseases.
Region: WashingtonUS researchers have made a very small research tool that may one day help scientists probe the activity of genes and proteins in a single cell, they said on Thursday, opening the door to a new realm of genetic research. ... more
Views: 1431How Dinosaurs disappear from earth.
Region: WashingtonA new study by scientists has suggested that dinosaurs might have been wiped off the face off the Earth by biting, disease-carrying insects over a long period of time. According to the study, the rise an... more
Views: 8075Global Temperature may come down this year
Region: United Kingdom (Great Britain)World temperatures will cool slightly in 2008, but it will remain among the top 10 hottest years on record, British weather experts predicted on Thursday. The impact of a strong La Nina climate pattern o... more
Views: 930Good news for obese people, Protein behind overeating identified
Region: WashingtonResearchers, for the first time, have demonstrated in mice that a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is critical in managing satiety, and is the main cause behind obesity and overeat... more
Views: 1091If you want to decrease obesity, go to sleep.
Region: WashingtonA recent study has revealed that short sleep times in patients with chronic medical diagnoses increases the risk of obesity. The researchers surveyed 200 patients attending internal medicine clinics abou... more
Views: 1326Stem cells may fix breast defects.
Region: WisconsinFor the first time, doctors have used stem cells from liposuctioned fat to fix breast defects in women who have had cancerous lumps removed. The approach is still experimental, but holds promise for mill... more
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