Brain-computer interface restores brain connectivity in injured rats
Drawing illustrates a rat with a BMBI attached to the skull retrieving food. Photo courtesy: Case Western Reserve University Case...
Tardigrades – the microscopic water bears that defy all odds
They're small and cute, and while indeed these creatures are completely harmless, make no mistake - these are some tough...
Stressed parents more likely to foster obese children
Study suggests that children in homes with stressed parents are more likely to gain weight. Photo courtesy of The Guardian...
Curiosity rover switches strategy: hunts for organic molecules
This mosaic of images from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) instrument on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows a series of sedimentary...
Neil deGrasse Tyson is tired of this $h%t
An established astrophysicist, but more known thanks to his popular science programs, Neil deGrasse Tyson is a sensation on the...
Oldest North American human footprints found
(c) Arturo Gonzalez In a fantastic discovery, a team of archaeologists have dated a pair of footprints preserved in the mineral-rich...
Distinguishing cancer cells using fractal geometry offers faster diagnosis
Photo: Rum Bucolic Ape/Flickr Fractals are non-regular geometric shapes that have the same degree of non-regularity on all scales. Fractals are...
Bee wipeout likely caused by pesticides and fungicides
Photo credit: econews.com.au Over the past six years, and estimated 10 million beehives have been wiped out as a result...
Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, could harbor life according to report
We've written extensively before about the life harboring possibilities of Jupiter's moon, the icy Europa. The moon is believed to...
Writing about your trauma in third person helps recovery
Writing about your traumas in third person eases recovery. Photo credit: culturestrike.net Writing your memoirs or simply recollecting traumatizing memories...
Some 90% of radiology services in the U.S. hospitals are outsourced. Moving health care overseas?
Photo credit: qbradiology.com Generally, you can view services like any other commodity and apply strict goods economics. So if the...
Parents who work odd schedules hurt relationships with their children
North Carolina State University researchers report that parents who work odd schedules or jobs that differ from the typical "9...
Leveling global health within a generation could bring economic benefits 20 times the program’s cost
A new report made by a team of Harvard researchers proposes a set of measures aimed at leveling the health...
Synthetic fuel production may become cheaper after using carbon nanofibers
In transportation, there aren't that many alternative energy sources like in conventional industry, where you can supply a plant or...
Signs of water found in the atmosphere of 5 alien planets
Hot-Jupiter exoplanet illustration. (c) NASA Using the Hubble telescope, astronomers have identified faint signals of water in the atmosphere of...
Using volcanoes to power liquid fuel production
Eyjafjallajökull eruption in 2010. Photo credit: telegraph.co.uk Volcanoes aren't generally regarded as being particularly practical for us humans, quite frankly...
New theory suggests quantum entanglement and wormholes are linked together
One of the predictions derived from Einsten's theory of general relativity is the existence of wormholes - spacetime shortcuts. In...
China’s rover on route for the moon and first lunar landing in 40 years
In the early hours of December 2nd, China deployed its Chang’e-3 spacecraft on route for the moon after launching it via...
Male birth control pill may work by blocking sperm ejaculation
Male birth control pills have been researched for some time, however previous attempts have been found to be ineffective. A...
Vitamin D and calcium supplements don’t ease winter coughs, study finds
To improve health and ease drowsy coughs during winter time, you'll find that some sources, including physicians, advise that you...
First functioning lung and airway cells grown from human stem cells
Biotechnology is growing fast and the findings researchers are making the field are nothing short of breathtaking. Previously, ZME Science...
Nanoparticle pill delivers insulin orally with 11-fold efficiency
Drug delivery encapsulated in tiny nanoparticles are thoroughly studied with great interest because they offer the chance to deliver treatments...
Mere presence of opposite sex triggers premature aging in fruit flies and worms
Ever found yourself in a hazardous relationship in which your spouse makes your hair go white? Well, if the answer's...
New technique that allows self-soldering of carbon nanotubes may help replace silicon transistors
Carbon nanotubes and graphene have been hailed time and again as the wonder materials that will change the face of...
Comet ISON offers a rare Thanksgiving sight with closest flyby to the sun
UPDATE: Telescopes saw the giant ball of ice and dust disappear behind the star, but then fail to emerge as expected....
New study adds new dimension to the threats posed to the Bonobo – the ‘forgotten ape’
This classy looking chap is a bonobo - a great ape species which is widely overlooked and often forgotten. A...
Obese people have poorer sense of taste, study shows
Previously, it's been shown that obesity can cause changes in the brain, leading some people to over eat food high...
UK funds new cutting-edge science facilities, but forgets it needs to pay the electricity bill
(c) The Guardian The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has recently issued a report that laments the embarrassing...
To boldly go where no plant has gone before – NASA to grow plants on the moon in 2015
If astronauts are ever to live on the moon or in deep space outposts, a sustainable living plan in which...
Earliest Buddhist shrine uncovered right at the birthplace of Buddha
At one of the sites where it's possible that Buddha was born, archaeologists have identified the remains of an ancient...
Armada of instruments witness the brightest cosmic event of the century: the birth of a black hole
An artist’s conception of the processes by which a star collapses and becomes a black hole, releasing high-energy gamma rays...
New research could totally change the way organic solar cells are made
Stanford researchers claim the inherent disordered molecular structure of polymer semiconductors is actually desirable. Current organic solar cells made with...
Do women prefer hairy men? Attraction, psychology, and cultural influence are tangled up
Are hairy men attractive to women? The answer can vary greatly depending on culture and personal preference.
Ocean acidification could devastate the economy in the future
As if that would be our biggest concern in the first place, but it's important to understand, especially for policy...
Promiscuous female mice breed sexier male offspring. Research may help conservation efforts
University of Utah researchers found that female mice that live in a competitive social environment and choose to mate casually...
Going to the root of cancer fatality: metastasis
It's not the cancer tumor itself that kills people, but rather the spread of cancer cells is what ultimately may...
Kidney 3-d structures from human stem cells made for the first time
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have for the first time coaxed human stem cells into forming three-dimensional cellular...
Storing one bit per atom: more storage power and closer to quantum computers
There's only so much you can cram into conventional magnetic storage devices. We're already seeing these slowly, but surely lose...
Gorilla mother uses makeshift ladder to help her young climb an obstacle [PHOTO]
While chimpanzees, which are our closest relatives sharing 98% of our genetic blueprint, are notorious for their widespread tool use,...
Viruses assemble key components for the lithium-air batteries of the future
In a synergy between biology and electrochemistry, researchers at MIT cleverly exploited genetically modified viruses to assemble metal molecules into...
Oldest “big cat” fossil discovered is four millions years old
An extraordinarily well preserved Panthera blytheae skull. Paleontologists have unearthed skull fragments in Tibet belonging to an ancient "big cat"...
Don’t blame Tesco for mass food wastage, get creative and make your weekly shop go further
Courtesy of gopure.com Tesco recently hit the news once again in a whirlwind of controversy as it was revealed that...
Rapidly rotating asteroid blazes with six tails trailing
This oddball cosmic body, called P/2013 P5, has puzzled astronomers for a while. By mass and orbit, it can only...
Accidental exposure of crystal to light increases electrical conductivity 400 fold
Structure of SrTiO3. The red spheres are oxygens, blue are Ti4+ cations, and the green ones are Sr2+. Credit: Wikipedia...
Brooke Greenberg, the toddler who never aged, dies at age 20
Brooke with her younger sister. A few years ago ZME Science reported the peculiar case of Brooke Greenberg, a woman...
Stuxnet virus that crippled Iranian nuclear facility infects International Space Station
The world's most complex malware ever created, the Stuxnet virus which was designed and enforced by the U.S. and Israel...
Stepparents not always evil, depending on economics
From an evolutionary psychology stand-point, one can genuinely assume that a stepparent won't invest the same amounts of energy and...
Biopatch stimulates bone growth via DNA instructions
(c) University of Iowa You'll be pretty impressed by this novel research. Scientists at University of Iowa have developed an ingenious biopatch...
Grandiose narcissist U.S. Presidents make for more effective leaders, study shows
Echo and Narcissus (1903), a Pre-Raphaelite interpretation by John William Waterhouse. Wikimedia Commons In Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love...
New ligament discovered in the human knee
The human body is a complex biological entity in seemingly perfect harmony as thousands of components play their part in...