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...

This tiny, brazilian frog may have harnessed the power of fluorescence to communicate with other animals

During the rainy season, from mid-October to March, a small, bright yellow frog prowls the floor of the Brazilian Atlantic...

A research group has discovered that bacteria in remote, isolated regions share some stretches of DNA and are suggesting that...

Sleeping sickness, caused by single celled species Trypanosoma brucei, is a fatal vector-borne parasitic disease. The parasite is found in...

When Ernst and Young, one of the largest accounting firms in the world, conducted a global survey as to why...

Cannabis has long been a contentious substance in many societies. Holding a class B classification in the United Kingdom (UK)...

Blood is vital for our survival. With approximately 10 pints running through our veins, our blood has three main functions;...

Whilst there are many different cell types in our body, each contains the same DNA. In order to perform their...

A sea turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril. An albatross killed by ingesting mouthfuls of plastic. A...