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Supercharged antibiotics could turn tide against superbugs
An old drug supercharged by University of Queensland researchers has emerged as a new antibiotic that could destroy some of the world's most dangerous...
Mirror neuron activity predicts people’s decision-making in moral dilemmas
It is wartime. You and your fellow refugees are hiding from enemy soldiers, when a baby begins to cry. You cover her mouth to...
In scientific first, IU researchers grow hairy skin in a dish
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have successfully developed a method to grow hairy skin from mouse pluripotent stem cells -- a discovery...
Critical Unpatched Flaws Disclosed In Western Digital My Cloud Storage Devices
Security researchers have discovered several severe vulnerabilities and a secret hard-coded backdoor in Western Digital's My Cloud NAS devices that could allow remote attackers...
Qualcosa di strano nelle immagini del furto dei gioielli a Palazzo Ducale di Venezia
Il 3 gennaio 2018 dei fantomatici arsenio Lupin hanno tranquillamente trafugato dei gioielli in mostra a Palazzo Ducale a Venezia - "Tesori dei Moghul...
Nell’universo farlocco dell’Autorità Palestinese, non esiste nessuna traccia di storia ebraica in Terra d’Israele
Intanto gli archeologi scoprono l’ennesimo reperto che conferma la storia ebraica sin dall’epoca del primo Tempio
Da un editoriale di Omar Hilmi Al-Ghoul su Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, quotidiano...
US imposes sanctions on Iranian missile firms
The United States imposed sanctions on five Iranian companies it alleges are working on part of the Islamic republic's illegal ballistic missile programme.
Treasury Secretary...
Advanced MRI can detect placental perfusion abnormalities in pregnancies complicated by fetal CHD
In pregnancies complicated by fetal congenital heart disease (CHD), global placental perfusion was significantly decreased and regional variation of placental perfusion significantly increased as...
Stressed Out? Try Sniffing Your Partner’s Shirt
The scent of a romantic partner can help lower stress levels, new psychology research from the University of British Columbia has found.
The study, published...
Caffeine Level in Blood May Help Diagnose Parkinson’s
Testing the level of caffeine in the blood may provide a simple way to aid the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, according to a study...
Brain’s Immune System May Be Key to Better Treatments for Psychiatric Disorders
Between the ages of two and four, the human brain has an estimated one quadrillion synapses – the electrical connections between neurons.
That is...
Agricultural parasite takes control of host plant’s genes
Dodder, a parasitic plant that causes major damage to crops in the U.S. and worldwide every year, can silence the expression of genes in...
Cancer mortality in the US continues decades-long drop
The cancer death rate dropped 1.7% from 2014 to 2015, continuing a drop that began in 1991 and has reached 26%, resulting in nearly...
Precision editing of gut bacteria: Potential way to treat colitis
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have used precision editing of the bacterial populations in the gut to prevent or reduce the severity of inflammation...
Soft, self-healing devices mimic biological muscles
A new class of soft, electrically activated devices mimics the expansion and contraction of natural muscles
In the basement of the Engineering Center at the...
