Lack of sleep is not necessarily fatal for flies
New research has found that the life expectency of flies are barely affected by sleep deprivation - could the same be true for humans?
Can machine learning predict ovarian cancer survival?
Machine learning software can lead the way towards more personalised medicine, predicting patient outcomes with significantly more accuracy than current methods
What next for Science in a No-Deal Brexit
With more than £0.5 billion a year of research funding at stake, a no-deal Brexit could have catastrophic consequences for the UK’s science and engineering community
Facing the facts: Botulinum toxin in aesthetic medicine
With more than 3.5 million botulinum toxin procedures worldwide in 2014, the global botulinum toxin market is currently worth £3 billion and is expected to grow 7.2% each year
Mother’s smoking during pregnancy changes baby’s DNA
Smoking in pregnancy damages an unborn baby’s DNA – increasing its risk of smoking-related conditions in adulthood and a premature death, new research has found. The study serves as a caution for mother smokers, more than half of whom continue during pregnancy, say scientists. Mother’s smoking changes chemicals in
Getting under the skin: a new hope for cancer treatment
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a rare cancer of the skin, which occurs when T cells, a type of white blood cell in the lymphatic system, grow out of control within the skin. This is often initially mistaken for other skin conditions like psoriasis, dermatitis or eczema, as it presents
Poorest dying nearly ten years younger than the rich in “deeply worrying” trend for UK health
The gap between the life expectancy of the richest and poorest sectors of society in England is increasing, according to new research from Imperial College London. The study, which was published in the journal Lancet Public Health and funded by the Wellcome Trust, analysed Office for National Statistics data on
Coffee? It’s in your genes!
Can’t crawl up to the lecture theatre before all that caffeine kicks in? Science writer Paula Rowińska explains why exactly we fell in love with a drink that all our natural insticts should flag as poisonous.
The Cultural Brain Hypothesis
Over the last few million years, humans and many other animal lineages have evolved larger brains – but why? Recent research from Dr. Michael Muthukrishna and colleagues suggests the development of socially transmitted behaviours within populations, or “culture”, may be a driving force behind this trend. They coined this theory the
Fear is in the Air
How old should one be to watch Harry Potter? What about The Hunger Games? Or Transformers? So far, age ratings for movies depended on subjective opinions. However, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz suggested that we could base the age classification on the isoprene concentration in
Detective Inspector Dog – Mission: Malaria
Recent research from Durham University has identified a promising new method of malarial detection, that may assist or even replace current laboratory methods – sniffer dogs.
The Trolley Problem: What Would You Choose?
Would you kill one person to save five people? With the increasing popularity of self-driving cars, the famous ‘trolley problem’ has turned from a philosophical riddle into a real issue awaiting a solution.