How stress tears us apart

Medicine & Technology Sep 19, 2014

A team from the EPFL Brain Mind Institute has discovered an important synaptic mechanism: the activation of a cleaving enzyme, leading to behavioral problems connected to chronic stress

New non-invasive technique could revolutionize the imaging of metastatic cancer

Sep 19, 2014

Bioluminescence, nanoparticles, gene manipulation – these sound like the ideas of a science fiction writer, but, in fact, they are components of an exciting new approach to imaging local and metastatic tumors. In preclinical animal models of metastatic prostate cancer, scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine and Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions have provided proof-of-principle of a new molecular imaging approach that could revolutionize doctors' ability to see tumors that have metastasized to other sites in the body, including the bones.

NANOSCIENCE MAKES YOUR WINE BETTER

Sep 19, 2014

One sip of a perfectly poured glass of wine leads to an explosion of flavours in your mouth. Researchers at Aarhus University have now developed a nanosensor that can mimic what happens in your mouth when you drink wine. The sensor measures how you experience the sensation of dryness in the wine.

Many throat cancer patients can skip neck surgery

Sep 19, 2014

Study shows that among those whose cancer was triggered by a virus, any lingering bumps after chemotherapy and radiation tend to be benign

Wild berry extract may strengthen effectiveness of pancreatic cancer drug

Sep 19, 2014

A wild berry native to North America may strengthen the effectiveness of a chemotherapy drug commonly used to treat pancreatic cancer, reveals research published online in the Journal of Clinical Pathology.

9/11 Secret Memorial ‘Family Room’ Opens to Public

Sep 17, 2014

What used to be a private sanctuary for families of 9/11 victims is now open to the public.

Top 8 Movies of the Late Richard Kiel

Sep 17, 2014

The James Bond movie villain has died at the age of 74.

Justin Bieber Strips at 'Fashion Rocks'

Sep 17, 2014

The singer surprised the audience with an impromptu process of shedding his clothes at the event.

What Is It? Solar Storm Clouds Brewing

Sep 17, 2014

In a full-disk view of our very own sun, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory discovered that this morning, Sept. 10, a giant solar storm erupted in the center of the star. Typically non-disruptive, in spite of the high-energy emissions from the fusion/fission reactions that take place on the sun’s outer surface, today’s storm is causing some concern over what affect it might have on us, three planets away from the star.

What Is It? Spinosaurus Supergiant On the Hunt for Mesozoic Fish

Sep 17, 2014

In the common eye, the king of the world of dinosaurs is undoubtedly the Tyrannosaurus rex. But the common misperception is simply not true… there was a dinosaur bigger and far more terrifying than the T. rex. One that conquered land an sea—the Spinosaurus.

Squirrel-like Mammals Once Walked The Triassic Era—Where Dinosaurs and Mammals Met

Sep 17, 2014

Adjusting the evolutionary clock back quite a bit, three newly discovered fossils in China’s Liaoning province reveal that mammals may have roamed the Earth with their dinosaur companions, long before previously thought.

James Cameron’s Creation Brought to Life—Dinosaur Remains Reveal Pterosaur Much Like Avatar’s Ikran

Sep 17, 2014

Only weeks ago there was news of not one, but three sequels to the largest film the industry has ever known—Avatar. Proclaimed to be the box-office winner of all time, grossing approximately $2.8 billion worldwide in 2009, James Cameron's "Avatar" was one for the record-books. A shockingly realistic portrayal of a far off alien civilization on the planet Pandora, the film was the first of its kind in creating an entire existence, along with a language and a planet filled with new species. But it turns out that one may have been hidden here on Earth.

Even Energy Comes At a Price—Researchers Finally Quantify What’s Needed for Life

Sep 17, 2014

Even long before the Darwinian notions of “Survival of the Fittest”, one question has plagued mankind—what is needed to stay alive? With the uniquity of each species, and every individual within them, it has been a question that has long gone unanswered for the diversity and complexity shrouding a unified explanation. But as technology has advanced, making movement and energy consumption easily calculated tangible data, researchers have come closer and closer to an answer.

Ebola Outbreak 2014: Update & News—How Complements May Help Prevent Deadly Pathogens

Sep 17, 2014

Currently spreading unabated in the western regions of Africa, infecting five countries over the short summer as bodies line the streets, the epidemic of the Ebola virus has itself sparked decades worth of research into immunological challenges we face against deadly pathogens. Defenseless against few, and always at a disadvantage to the ever-evolving, ever-changing pathogens we face in our day-to-day lives, researchers have run the gamut in recent months searching for inoculations, cures and even preventative treatments.

What Causes Cancer In the Kidneys—And Why Sugars Could Hold Answers to a Cure

Sep 17, 2014

As vital organs for the removal of waste in the body, the kidneys are two necessities of life that are often underappreciated until they’re in danger of being lost. And as more and more research in oncology leads physicians to believe that cancer is caused by outside factors, more than ones’ complex genetic makeup, individuals are left to look for other treatments that go beyond the realm of chemotherapy.