A new drug being trialled for treating breast cancer and diabetes has been shown to ‘melt away’ the fat inside arteries that can cause heart attacks and strokes. Researchers from... Read more
Here’s the scientific dirt: Soil can help reduce global warming. While farm soil grows the world’s food and fiber, scientists are examining ways to use it to sequester carbon and mitigate gr... Read more
A crucial ‘on switch’ that boosts the body’s defences against infections has been successfully identified in new scientific research. The breakthrough made by researchers a... Read more
A new global map of subduction zones – which occur at the edge of tectonic plates – to predict which ones are capable of generating giant earthquakes A team of international researchers, led... Read more
Leigh Cassidy explains how her grain research led to a system which can purify water poisoned by arsenic in Bangladesh A project to remove arsenic from groundwater in Bangladesh began by acc... Read more
THOUSANDS of diabetics could be effectively “cured” thanks to a major breakthrough by Scottish scientists. Patients could now have an islet cell transplant to prevent life-threatening compli... Read more
Monsanto and others look to RNA interference to fight widespread bee-killing mites. Beekeepers are desperately battling colony collapse disorder, a complex condition that has been killing be... Read more
Researchers have found that cells’ bioelectrical communication steers growth and development. It is hoped that if the code can be learned, manipulating cellular signaling could be used to st... Read more
An international team of scientists has announced success in creating hydrogen at ambient temperature and pressure using a combination of sunlight and ethanol. The team of researchers from S... Read more