Dog DNA could aid quest to help breeds breathe more easily
Image credit: Kasper Flörchinger via Flickr If you have ever taken a stroll through a popular dog park, you will...
Can eating insects save the world?
Image Credit: Ngguls via Wikimedia Commons If you had asked an average UK citizen before the 1970’s to try a...
Researchers discovered placental stem cells that can regenerate heart after heart attack
Image Credit: CoRus13 via Wikimedia Commons Back in 2011, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai generated...
Regulating bacteria in the gut may be an effective way to treat the symptoms of anxiety
Image Credit: Curtis Clark via Wikimedia Commons A review of 21 studies investigating the benefits of regulating gut microbiota on...
Scientists shed new light on volcano formation
While studying the Earth’s layers deep beneath Bermuda’s sandy pink shores and turquoise tides, geologists found evidence of volcanic material...
New method allows scientists to watch an enzyme at work
A team at the University of Bonn, Germany, have developed a new method of ‘photographing’ enzymes at work in order...
Five rules for antibiotics: Calling for a new paradigm in resistance management
The invention of penicillin, the first true antibiotic, in 1928 was a monumental day in the history of medicine. Over...
How ancient chewing gum could revolutionise archeology
We finally have a way to connect archeological findings with genetic studies, using ancient chewing gum. In a new study...
Thinking Through Animals review
Image Credit: LaggedOnUser It was an uncharacteristically pleasant spring evening as I joined the waiting crowd for the evening’s event,...