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FILTER RESULTS ►What it's like to believe that you're dead
The New Scientist's Mindscapes column has a brief but fascinating profile of man identified only as "Graham" who suffers from a rare delusion known as Cotard's syndrome. Despite walking and talking and eating every day, Graham is convinced that he's dead. Read more...
Scientists Make Breast Cancer Advance That Turns Previous Thinking On Its Head
Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have made an advance in breast cancer research which shows how some enzymes released by cancerous cells could have a protective function. New research published today in the Journal of...Show More Summary
H7N9 Bird Flu Virus May Be Human Transmissible
The novel H7N9 bird flu virus may be human transmissible through direct contact as well as through airborne exposure, according to a new study. Scientists came up with this conclusion after discovering that the virus, which has already killed 36 people in China, can spread between ferrets. Show More Summary
New Wireless Electronics Could Heal Wounds And Then Dissolve
Scientists have built a remote-controlled electronic device that is absorbable by the human body.
Advanced biological computer developed
Using only biomolecules, scientists have developed and constructed an advanced biological transducer, a computing machine capable of manipulating genetic codes, and using the output as new input for subsequent computations.
S. Korean scientists find way to boost efficiency of lithium-ion battery
A group of South Korean scientists has developed a new technology that can triple the efficiency and capacity of lithium-ion batteries, the science ministry said Friday. The team, led by Prof. Hyun Taek-hwan of Seoul National University,...Show More Summary
The better to see you with: Scientists build record-setting metamaterial flat lens
For the first time, scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new type of lens that bends and focuses ultraviolet (UV) light in such an unusual way that it can create ghostly, 3D images of objects that float in free space. Show More Summary
NASA WISE Deputy Project Scientist Amy Mainzer on the Apple //e and Kinect-powered laptops
Every week, a new and interesting human being tackles our decidedly geeky take on the Proustian Q&A. This is the Engadget Questionnaire.
In our latest round of gadget-related queries, astrophysicist and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory principle scientist Amy Mainzer discusses the fully-body typing experience and planetary preservation. Show More Summary
Immune cell activation in multiple sclerosis: New indicator molecules visualize activation of auto-aggressive T cells
Biological processes are generally based on events at the molecular and cellular level. To understand what happens in the course of infections, diseases or normal bodily functions, scientists would need to examine individual cells and their activity directly in the tissue. Show More Summary
Proteins in migration: New animal model provides important clues on mechanisms of Parkinson's disease
Scientists have developed a novel experimental model that reproduces for the first time this pattern of alpha-synuclein brain spreading and provides important clues on the mechanisms underlying this pathological process. They triggered...Show More Summary
There Are As Many Reasons As The Population of New York For Using “Dictionary of Numbers”
The Google Chrome extension "Dictionary of Numbers" allows users to translate large numbers into human terms. It should make your writing at least three Bob Rosses more understandable. Author and cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter...Show More Summary
New method for predicting cancer virulence
A new way of tackling cancer and predicting tumor virulence are has been reported by a team of researchers. The scientists have shown that, in all cancers, an aberrant activation of numerous genes specific to other tissues occurs. For example, in lung cancers, the tumorous cells express genes specific to the production of spermatozoids, which should be silent.
A new strategy required in the search for Alzheimer's drugs?
In the search for medication against Alzheimer's disease, scientists have focused on -- among other factors -- drugs that can break down Amyloid beta (A-beta). After all, it is the accumulation of A-beta that causes the known plaques in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. The starting point for the formation of A-beta is APP.
Summer Hurricanes on Titan Coming?
Saturn's moon Titan might be in for some wild weather as it heads into its spring and summer, if two new models are correct. Scientists think that as the seasons change in Titan's northern hemisphere, waves could ripple across the moon's hydrocarbon seas, and hurricanes could begin to swirl over these areas, too. Show More Summary
New Tumour Killer Developed By Scientists
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Lund University, Sweden, have bioengineered a novel molecule which has been proven to successfully kill tumour cells. This molecule is based on a natural protein present in human...Show More Summary
Genetic Risk Factor Discovered For Pulmonary Fibrosis
A paper recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine and co-written by physicians and scientists at the University of Colorado School of Medicine finds that an important genetic risk factor for pulmonary fibrosis can be used to identify individuals at risk for this deadly lung disease. Show More Summary
40% Of Medical Students Unconsciously Biased Against Obese People
According to new research carried out by scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, forty percent of medical students are unconsciously biased against obese people. The study, published in the Journal of Academic Medicine, revealed...Show More Summary
Powerful new method IDs therapeutic antibodies
Scientists have devised a powerful new technique for finding antibodies that have a desired biological effect. The newly reported technique should greatly speed the process of discovering medicines, diagnostics and laboratory reagen...
Caffeine, the World's Most Popular Psychoactive Drug
Caffeine isn't just in coffees, teas, and sodas anymore - it's in energy drinks, food, and even chewing gums. But what's the cumulative impact of all that stimulant?
Caffeine is, according to New Scientist, the planet's most popular "psychoactive drug." In the United States alone, more than 90% of adults are estimated to use it every day. Show More Summary
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