University of California: by Jim Logan — For Maria Charles, the numbers were plain, but they didn’t add up. Her research into gender segregation in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields revealed an odd fact: affluent countries had considerably fewer women in STEM careers than poor ones did. Since […]
Source: Nature Water scarcity contributes to the poverty of around one-third of the world’s people. Despite many benefits, tree planting in dry regions is often discouraged by concerns that trees reduce water availability. Yet relevant studies from the tropics are scarce, and the impacts of intermediate tree cover remain unexplored. […]
Source: Gulfnews London, New York: A landmark discovery into the genetic makeup of tumours has the potential to open a new front in the war on cancer, delivering potent therapies […]
Source: New China MEXICO CITY, March 2 (Xinhua) — Two UN agencies have developed a new technology involving ionizing radiation as a weapon in the fight against mosquitoes carrying Zika […]
Source: BBC Imagine a world without toothbrushes, mouthwash and dental floss. That’s an easy one, right? There would be rotten teeth in every mouth, and rich dentists in every town. […]
Source: Time The research has implications for infertile couples Stem cells are a promising resource for replenishing the body with healthy cells, but so far, making eggs and sperm from […]
Source: CNN (CNN)If you could have one superpower, what would it be? We were asked that question recently by high school students in Kentucky. Our answers must have sounded pretty lame to fans of superheroes like Supergirl and the Flash — we simply wished for more energy and time to […]
Source: Huffington Post The mysterious phase of deep sleep when our most vivid dreams occur has long fascinated scientists and artists. But it wasn’t until the 1950s that sleep period — […]
Source: BBC More than 5.5 million people worldwide are dying prematurely every year as a result of air pollution, according to new research. Most of these deaths are occurring in […]
Source: Time Scientists have confirmed Einstein’s theory of gravitational waves more than a century after the concept was first proposed, a dramatic discovery that could change the practice of astronomy, researchers announced Thursday. In September, laser facilities in Washington state and Louisiana both recorded the same distortion in space—measured as […]
Source :BBC At Northwestern University in Illinois, a group of psychologists are teaching students how to commit the perfect crime. They are taught how to break into a small office […]
Source: BBC It’s rare in life to have your cake and eat it. But are low-calorie sweeteners the guilt-free way to be naughty? Nobody is going to claim that regularly […]
Source: BBC Medical researchers hope a new bank storing tissue from patients will give them a clearer insight into pancreatic cancer. This complex illness has the worst 10-year survival rate […]
Source: Time We all like sweet things, but we should be eating less sugar. Now a study hints that it may be possible to tone down our taste for sugar […]
Source: Today Tests in mice show a possible mechanism for how it happens. The findings, published in the journal Cancer Research, support studies that suggest people who consume more sugar […]
Source: BBC Koko the gorilla is again making headlines. She appears in a video calling on world leaders to take action on climate change. “Time hurry. Fix Earth! Help Earth! Hurry!” […]
Source: Huffington Post Four new elements have been added to the periodic table, making science textbooks across the world out of date. The elements were verified and added by the […]
Source: BBC In 2006, Lund University industrial design students Anna Haupt and Terese Alstin decided to invent a better helmet as a class project. The first obstacle to overcome was aesthetic; people (notably the two students) simply don’t like to wear helmets. But their research also found that traditional plastic […]
Source: Huffington Post We already know a lot about our solar system. It’s nearly 4.6 billion years old, andconsists of eight planets and five known dwarf planets, for starters. But […]
Source: The Washington Post Dame Sally Davies, Britain’s chief medical officer, has reportedly written to doctors and pharmacies in Britain sounding the alarm on antibiotic resistant gonorrhea. The sexually transmitted […]