Sun 22 November 2020: For many years, investigators have been trying to pin down the tantalizing connection between vitamin D and cancer. Epidemiological studies have found that people who live near the equator, where exposure to sunlight produces more vitamin D, have lower incidence and death rates from certain cancers. In cancer cells in the […]
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Wed 18 November 2020: It’s hoped a new research breakthrough will lead to an early diagnostic test for Alzheimer’s disease, using the same technique often used to study the origins of the Moon. James Cook University researcher Dr Brandon Mahan worked with a team of French researchers at the Université de Paris, Institut de Physique […]
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Mon 16 November 2020: The protein, which acts as an ion channel, could be a target for new drugs against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. MIT chemists have determined the molecular structure of a protein found in the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This protein, called the envelope protein E, forms a cation-selective channel and plays a key role in […]
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Sun 15 November 2020: Archeological research shows that cosmetics have been in use since antiquity. It is in human nature to care about the condition of our skin and to decorate our body. Substances used to make cosmetics evolved, starting from charcoal and natural pigments obtained from flowers and leaves to sun blockers, metallic eye-shadows, […]
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Sat 07 November 2020: Tunisian authorities have seized thousands of tonnes of harmful waste imported from Italy following an investigative report broadcast by local TV. According to RT, the Tunisian authorities blocked 70 containers of the waste at the Port of Sousse in order to return them to Italy, after checking an extra 200 containers including […]
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Fri 06 November 2020: Scientists identify promising candidate to combat COVID-19. By screening hundreds of synthetic mini-antibodies called sybodies, a group of scientists has identified one that might stop SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cells. Using DESY’s X-ray light source PETRA III, the team could unravel how the sybody interacts with the virus. The scientists from […]
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Thu 22 October 2020: A new study warns that feeding bottles release high levels of microplastic particles when they are exposed to high temperatures. Scientists examined 10 types of baby bottles and measured levels of microplastics released when they were used to prepare infant formula, according to the study published in the Nature Medicine journal. The study […]
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Wed 21 October 2020: A coronavirus vaccine is “unlikely” to ever completely eradicate the virus, and the disease may never disappear, the British government’s chief scientific adviser has warned. “I think it’s unlikely that we’ll end up with a truly sterilising vaccine that completely stops infection. It’s likely that this disease will circulate and be […]
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Wed 21 October 2020: A team of doctors from the Netherlands was studying high-resolution brain scans when they stumbled upon a set of previously-undiscovered organs hiding inside the base of the human skull: a fourth pair of salivary glands. The glands are tucked away up where the top of the throat meets the nasal cavity, The […]
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Sat 17 October 2020: Collins said social media filters which make girls look like they have had procedures were also encouraging them to get treatments so that they looked more like their filtered images A ban on children receiving Botox or cosmetic fillers has moved closer to becoming law, as MPs warned of the “Love […]
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