Tag: Research

Oh, food, don't betray me too!

This seemingly small difference adds up considerably owing to the rule of large numbers.

"Happy"

Definitely an unexpected finding.

Tip of the hat to the people who make science books so, so pretty.

Thankfully, all we need are more researchers.

The idea that coffee is good for you is not a new one.

A new paper tries to explain this discrepancy.

Hahaha.

Nice!

It's the corporations, man, I'm telling you!

It's incredible what humans can do with some funding.

This new research center is set to deliver quite a buzz.

Science has confirmed what PhD students worldwide already knew.

As stem cell research continues to be a very divisive topic, a new study has revealed that the general public ...

The world has spoken and the vote has been cast: people want to name the new British Antarctic research ship ...

New research focused on the personal microbial cloud. (Credit: Viputheshwar Sitaraman, of Draw Science) Humans are walking ecosystems. Each of ...

If you’ve ever lived with someone who’s hard of hearing, or have struggled with hearing difficulties yourself, you know it ...

Ötzi Reconstruction (© South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology – www.iceman.it) Hikers discovered Ötzi the Iceman in the Ötztal Alps of ...

In an announcement that’s been a long time coming for science fiction fans, the White House has, for the first ...

The people in charge of funding for NASA and environmental research, Republican senators Ted Cruz and James Inhofe, have a ...

America's young scientists are constantly losing the battle to receive more funding. They're losing research dollars, leaving research altogether and ...

Nature, one of the biggest academic journal groups has announced that they will make all their articles free to view. While ...

What if you could increase your ability to remember with a pill?  This may not be an idea just for ...

A Dutch researcher has created a virus so deadly that it has the potential to wipe out half of the ...

When you first hear of the work done by Miguel Nicolelis and his team, though the "cool factor" is high, ...

Autism is still yet poorly understood, and researchers are just starting to figure out the mechanisms behind this strange condition ...

First of all, don't think of alien species as extraterrestrials; if you came here wanting to hear about that - ...

In a breakthrough discovery that could revolutionize transplants, British researchers have managed to create human kidneys from stem cells, which ...

The topic of modification of data in scientific research is definitely a hot one; the frequency at which researchers fabricate ...

In case you're wondering, what you're looking at is a silicon chip, only 1 millimeter square that was used by ...

A team of physicists from the University of Bonn developed a totally new type of source of light, the so ...

The typical healthy human brain contains about 200 billion nerve cells, called neurons, all of which are connected through hundreds ...

For physicists, antimatter is probably the most valuable substance ever; the slightest bit of it could provide extremely valuable information ...

One of the "highlights" of being a student or a young employee is having to stay up at night and ...

As if it wasn't enough NIH funded grant applications are at a 20% low, according to a proposed federal discretionary ...

That's right people, all the life on this beautiful planet (yep, that includes you) could descend from alien zombies. Well, ...

This amazing snailfish is just one of the animals new to science that have been uncovered by Oceanlab scientists; the ...

Despite going through one of it's darkest periods, British research is still coming up with great results: British medical researchers ...

Scientists working for the UN reported today that they have erradicated the Rinderpest virus, a virus that is deadly for ...

After an exciting discovery of a habitable earth-like planet, skepticism settles back in as a second team of scientists casts ...

Lily Asquith makes an impassioned plea for science. This article from the Guardian is by far one of the best ...

A recently discovered planet is just about the right size and is in the right place to host life; as ...

Despite several setbacks and technical difficulties, the Large Hadrdon Collider is already starting to live up to it's nickname, the ...

Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have conducted a study showing that the deletion of a particular gene makes ...

About 125 million years ago, these hunchback dinosaurs roamed today's central Spain, measuring approximately 6 meters and feasting off of ...

Boy, you just can't have enough octopus, that's for sure - they're really amazing creatures, that often surprise us. Now, ...

The major fault in Sierra Nevada is believed to have been "quiet" for more than 3 million years has shown ...

Storm elves and sprites are electric luminous fleeting phenomena that sometimes naturally occur in the upper atmosphere. A team of ...

Aside from looking just awesome, these tests should also give new insights on water in 0 gravity and furthermore, inspire ...