Protein Power: Dementia study reinforces role of damaging proteins in Alzheimer’s disease
Andy Pipa via Flickr A study, led by Professor Tara-Spires Jones at the University of Edinburgh, has elucidated the role...
Sperm in space: The sexual politics of space travel
Image credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center via Flickr A recent discovery about the survivability of sperm cells in space...
Research reveals how the body can detect cancerous cells
Image Credit: NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center via Flickr Cancer is a group of diseases characterised by excessive cell division...
Video GP appointments: The new alternative to face-to-face consultations
Image Credit: NOGRAN s.r.o. via Flickr A pilot study conducted by researchers at the University of Edinburgh in collaboration with...
Multiple sclerosis: Pinpointing risk factors
Image Credit: ZEISS Microscopy via Flickr. Because Scotland is of the countries with the highest incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS)...
Will we be changed? The dark possibilities of gay conversion therapy
Image Credit: Michael Ruiz via Flickr Brexit Party MP Ann Widdecombe has received a lot of negative press recently for...
Functional neurological disorder: Investigating an invisible illness
Image Credit: Double-M on Flickr Loretta had been hoping for a promotion. Instead, she woke up one morning to find...
Book review: The Making of You by Katherina Vestre
Image Credit: Locomomo via Flickr It is often said that the nine-month long construction of a new little human is...
Early melting of snow in the Arctic drives advancing springtime
Image credit: Jakob Assmann (2016) New research indicates that spring snow melt, and to a lesser extent temperature, are key...