Zombie DNA Long Thought Dormant Can Rise to Cause Health Problems
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 21. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
Zombie DNA Some of that DNA is dead. And some could be undead. Perhaps the only thing scarier than the living dead is finding out that they’re already inside the house. Geneticists recently found that non-coding genes — some of the many dotting the human genome — can rise from the dead. When they do [...]
Electrically Stimulating the Brain Can Boost Visual Memory 110 Percent
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 14. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
Literally donning an electrode-studded thinking cap can improve your memory by 110 percent, according to a new study by Australian researchers. The method applies electricity to the head to inhibit a specific region of the brain that has been implicated in autism. The finding is a follow-up to previous research at the same lab that [...]
Cell reprogramming breakthrough could mend broken hearts
Posted by admin in Medicine on 13. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
A new breakthrough in cell regeneration could lead to the repair of damaged hearts Heart disease remains one the biggest killers in the Western world. When a heart attack or heart failure occurs, permanent damage often affects the heart, destroying live cells and leaving the patient with irreversible scarring. This scarring can often lead to [...]
A New Superbacteria, Immune To Most Antibiotics, Found Spreading Fast
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 13. Aug, 2010 | 0 Comments
Staphylococcus Aureus Being Tested for Antibiotic Resistance Good morning, readers. Settled in, ready to take on the day? Great, we hope you have a good one. Also, FYI, a new mutation that makes bacteria resistant to pretty much every antibiotic known to man has become increasingly prevalent on the Indian subcontinent and has made the [...]
Fast thinking flies to help build better robots
Posted by admin in Medicine, Science on 14. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
A fly being shown a striped LED pattern (left), and the area of the fly’s brain that processes motion As anyone who has ever tried to swat a fly will know, the little beasties have almost impossibly-fast reflexes. It turns out, in fact, that they have a response time faster than that of any computer. [...]
