Science and Medicine

Obesity is Painful, Study of 1 Million People Finds

“Our findings confirm and extend earlier studies about the link between obesity and pain....

Dawn of Social Networks: Ancestors May Have Formed Ties Based On Shared Attributes

The study’s findings describe elements of social network structures that may have been present...

Could Stem Cells Save Snow Leopards?

.style1 {color: #999999} Never before have induced pluripotent stem cells, which share many of...

Device Spots Melanoma Cell by Cell

Early detection of melanoma, the most aggressive skin cancer, is critical because melanoma will...

Alzheimer’s Damage Occurs Early

As many as 91 percent of the patients with mild memory impairment who had...

Do Our Medicines Boost Pathogens?

With some exaggeration: medical practice helped in developing a superbug Scientists of the Institute...

Alzheimer’s Drug Candidate May Be First to Prevent Disease Progression

A new drug candidate may be the first capable of halting the devastating mental...

World’s First Super Predator Had Remarkable Vision

The metre-long super predator Anomalocaris. (Credit: Artist’s impression by Katrina Kenny/University of Adelaide.) South...

Dream Sleep Soothes Painful Memories

While humans spend one-third of their lives sleeping, there is no scientific consensus on...

Jet Lagged? Time to Reset That Inner Clock

Identifying the structure of dCRY is a starting point to understand the function and...