Monthly Archives: Giugno 2017
Exposure to Light Causes Emotional and Physical Responses in Migraine Sufferers
Researchers identify novel connections between neurons in the eye and neurons in the brain.
People experiencing migraines often avoid light and find relief in darkness.
A...
The Brain’s Fight and Flight Response to Social Threat
A study published in eNeuro exploring the neural correlates of the ‘fight-or-flight’ response finds that people who choose to flee perceive a greater threat,...
Odd properties of water and ice explained: Water exists as two different liquids
We normally consider liquid water as disordered with the molecules rearranging on a short time scale around some average structure.
Now, however, scientists at Stockholm...
Moisture-responsive robots crawl with no external power source
Using an off-the-shelf camera flash, researchers turned an ordinary sheet of graphene oxide into a material that bends when exposed to moisture.
They then used...
Previously unknown extinction of marine megafauna discovered
The disappearance of a large part of the terrestrial megafauna such as saber-toothed cat and the mammoth during the ice age is well known.
Now,...
UK Gov : 75 high rise buildings in England have failed fire safety tests
All 75 high-rises in Britain that have been tested for fire safety since the Grenfell Tower tragedy have failed, a leading government official said...
Czech, Slovak, Hungarian ,Polish : signed a memorandum to take part in Multipurpose Fast...
The memorandum was signed by the Visegrad Group's V4G4 Center of Excellence and Russia's Rosatom state atomic energy corporation.
The construction of MBIR started in the city of Dimitrovgrad in late...
A Teheran hanno iniziato il conto alla rovescia per la distruzione di Israele
La chiamano giornata di Gerusalemme e sarebbe in solidarietà coi palestinesi. Ecco di cosa si tratta
Ragazze iraniane manifestano contro Israele esibendo un modellino di...
Colombia : tourist boat sinks – 6 dead and 31 missing
At least six people have died and 31 people are missing after a tourist boat carrying about 150 people sank in a reservoir in...
Acetaminophen During Pregnancy Can Inhibit Masculinity
Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) during pregnancy can inhibit the development of ‘male behavior’ in mice; new research from the University of Copenhagen shows that it can...
Exploring the Potential of Human Echolocation
Visually impaired people use the pitch, loudness and timbre of echoes to locate nearby objects
People who are visually impaired will often use a cane...
Israel : Knesset prepares to vote on binary options ban
Two desperate women from opposite corners of the world allegedly believed the false promises of Israel-based binary options brokers, lost all their money, and...
Tropical viruses: Coming soon to Europe?
The mosquito-borne viral disease Chikungunya is usually found in tropical areas. Researchers at the University of Bayreuth and the European Centre for Disease Prevention...
New 3-D display takes the eye fatigue out of virtual reality
There is a great deal of excitement around virtual reality (VR) headsets that display a computer-simulated world and augmented reality (AR) glasses that overlay...
Extra-virgin olive oil preserves memory, protects brain against Alzheimer’s
The Mediterranean diet, rich in plant-based foods, is associated with a variety of health benefits, including a lower incidence of dementia.
Now, researchers at the...
