Landmark discovery turns marathon of evolution into a sprint

A research collaboration has discovered a new way of rapidly generating a swathe of medically significant…

Gene therapy protects against age-related cognitive, memory deficits

Regulation of the brain's Klotho gene using gene therapy protects against age-related learning and memory problems…

Stem cells conduct cartilage regeneration but are not directly involved

Stem cell therapy has great potential for curing cartilage damage. However, it has remained unclear whether…

New fire-resistant coating to prevent failure in steel building fires

A few extra coats of ‘paint’ could be all that the steel in a building needs…

New toolkit reveals novel cancer genes

A new statistical model has enabled researchers to pinpoint 27 novel genes thought to prevent cancer…

Aging has distinct and opposite effects on tendon in males and females

New research has identified that in tendon aging has distinct and opposite effects on the genes…

Right-handed baseball players more successful when batting left-handed

It is known that baseball players who bat left-handed are overrepresented in the sport. But new…

Genome scientists use UK Salmonella cases to shed light on African epidemic

Scientists have used Salmonella genome data from a UK public health surveillance study to gain new…

Political views have limited impact on how we perceive climate anomalies

Individual perceptions of climate anomalies are largely immune to political bias, especially when people observe large…

Long-term states of mind can affect short-term financial decisions

A new study sheds more light on the quirks of people's actions in such cases and…