Why people shy away from using public defibrillators
People are reluctant to use public access defibrillators to treat cardiac arrests, research suggests. Published in the European Heart Journal, the new analysis of existing international studies...
View ArticleHere’s how your brain realizes you’re full
Researchers have discovered brain cells that control our appetite. Tanycytes—cells found in part of the brain that controls energy levels—detect nutrients in food and tell the brain directly about the...
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Scientists figure out how to ‘hotwire’ cells
Scientists have developed a method for creating endocytosis, a cellular process vital for everything from cell growth to taking in nutrients, in the lab on demand. The researchers used a chemical...
View Article1 in 5 see someone need CPR, but majority don’t act
An estimated one in five UK adults witness someone collapse who needs CPR right away, yet the majority of people don’t act, according to new research. Survival rates for out of hospital cardiac arrest...
View ArticleHumans pushed crops toward domestication earlier than we thought
Ancient people may have altered the evolution of crops around 30,000 years ago, about 10,000 years before experts previously thought, new research suggests. “This study changes the nature of the debate...
View ArticleGas ‘monster’ challenges how planets form
A newly-discovered gas giant is the largest planet ever discovered when compared to the size of its companion star. The existence of NGTS-1b, located about 600 light years away from Earth, challenges...
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Gut inflammation linked to broken cellular ‘recycling’
Gut inflammation may be linked to a common cellular process, researchers report. The new research demonstrates that autophagy—an essential process whereby cells break down and recycle harmful or...
View ArticleHeavy metal found in meteoroids kills cancer cells
Iridium—the world’s second densest metal—can kill cancer cells by filling them with a deadly version of oxygen, while leaving healthy tissue unharmed. “It’s certainly now time to try to make good...
View ArticleFluorescent dye finds ‘lost’ ocean microplastics
The smallest microplastics in the oceans— many as small as 20 micrometers or the width of a human hair—go largely undetected. A new inexpensive method that uses a fluorescent dye could offer a way to...
View ArticleWar zones may boost risk of lower birth weight
Women who live in war zones or areas of armed conflict are at heightened risk of giving birth to low birth weight babies, report researchers. “People living in war zones are under constant threat of...
View Article‘Natural killer cells’ prep womb for pregnancy
New research identifies how natural killer cells prepare the womb for pregnancy. First the researchers discovered that the uterine natural killer cells remodel and refresh the lining of the womb at the...
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Art preserves Ganda, the pope’s regifted rhino
The tale of one of the most infamous gifts of all time—Ganda the rhino, a gift to Pope Leo X that drowned in 1515—lives on in one of the most influential images in art history and is also the focus of...
View ArticleStuff from stinging nettles activates reusable cancer treatment
Researchers have developed a new way to attack cancer: using a non-toxic dose of sodium formate—found in nettles and ants—to trigger an organic-osmium compound. “This is a significant step in the fight...
View ArticlePsychotic disorders more likely after sibling bullying
Kids involved in sibling bullying—as victim or perpetrator—are up to three times more likely to develop psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia in early adulthood, according to a new study. The study...
View ArticleLight-activated drugs could kill cancer with fewer side effects
Light-activated cancer drugs that don’t cause the toxic side effects of current chemotherapy treatments are closer to becoming a reality, a new study suggests. Researchers say they now know more about...
View ArticleNew tests show promise for spotting autism sooner
Researchers report the development of new tests for indicating autism in children. They believe that their new blood and urine tests, which search for damage to proteins, are the first of their kind....
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These cyanobacteria change color to match ocean light
A species of cyanobacteria has the chameleon-like power to match different colored light across the world’s seas, research shows. The researchers have shown that Synechococcus cyanobacteria—which use...
View ArticleFluorescent dye finds ‘lost’ ocean microplastics
The smallest microplastics in the oceans— many as small as 20 micrometers or the width of a human hair—go largely undetected. A new inexpensive method that uses a fluorescent dye could offer a way to...
View ArticleWar zones may boost risk of lower birth weight
Women who live in war zones or areas of armed conflict are at heightened risk of giving birth to low birth weight babies, report researchers. “People living in war zones are under constant threat of...
View Article‘Natural killer cells’ prep womb for pregnancy
New research identifies how natural killer cells prepare the womb for pregnancy. First the researchers discovered that the uterine natural killer cells remodel and refresh the lining of the womb at the...
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