Skin plays a surprising role in helping regulate blood pressure and heart rate, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge and the Karolinska Institute, Sweden. While this discovery was made in […]
Skin Found To Play A Role In Controlling Blood Pressure
Speed Cameras Reduce Road Accidents And Traffic Deaths, According To New Study
Speed cameras have been shown to be effective at reducing the number of accidents and road deaths according to the results of a new study conducted at the London School of Economics […]
Scientists Use Satellites, Population Data to Build Malaria Early Warning System
A Johns Hopkins University scientist is part of a team working on a method to predict malaria outbreaks months in advance, potentially giving public health officials a chance to protect people from […]
Separating Methane And CO₂ Will Become More Efficient
To make natural gas and biogas suitable for use, the methane has to be separated from the CO₂. This involves the use of membranes: filters that stop the methane and let the […]
High Blood Pressure Linked To Common Heart Valve Disorder
For the first time, a strong link has been established between high blood pressure and the most common heart valve disorder in high-income countries, by new research from The George Institute for […]
Rivalry Increases Risk-taking And Physiological Stress According To New Research
Whether risk-taking is beneficial or destructive depends on the goal finds joint research from Professor Gavin Kilduff. Coke vs. Pepsi. Apple vs. Samsung. Yankees vs. Red Sox. Patriots vs. Jets. Rivalries can […]
Petals Produce A ‘Blue Halo’ That Helps Bees Find Flowers
New study finds “messy” microscopic structures on petals of some flowers manipulate light to produce a blue colour effect that is easily seen by bee pollinators. Researchers say these petal grooves evolved […]
Dating Debunked: Study Reveals that Men and Women Perceive Sexual Intentions Differently, with Men Often Overestimating Women’s Desires and Women Underreporting Theirs
Research by NYU Stern Professor Priya Raghubir and co-author Isabelle Engeler provides guidelines for dating protocol when it comes to sex In a new study, Professor Priya Raghubir, chair of the Marketing Department […]
Trading On Human Tides – The ‘Free Market’ Of People Smuggling
Cambridge criminologists are using emerging sources of information – from court records to Facebook groups – to analyse the networks behind one of the fastest-growing black markets on the planet: the smuggling […]
Social Media Feedback Can Identify High Risk Hospitals
Online patient feedback, including Twitter and Facebook posts, can provide accurate near real-time representations of the quality of care in NHS hospitals – thereby identifying high risk hospitals in need of inspection. […]
Conservationists’ Eco-Footprints Suggest Education Alone Won’t Change Behaviour
A new study shows that even those presumably best informed on the environment find it hard to consistently “walk the walk”, prompting scientists to question whether relying solely on information campaigns will […]
Trench Foot Discovery Paves Way For New Treatment
The physical cause of trench foot has been uncovered more than 100 years after the painful and debilitating condition was first identified in the First World War. Non-freezing cold injury, better known […]
‘Keep It Local’ Approach To Protecting The Rainforest Can Be More Effective Than Government Schemes
Conservation initiatives led by local and indigenous groups can be just as effective as schemes led by government, according to new research. In some cases in the Amazon rainforest, grassroots initiatives can […]
Happiness Is Not Determined By Childhood Biomarkers
Happiness is not determined by childhood biological markers such as height or body fat, according to a team of European researchers involving UCL. The paper, published in PLoS ONE analysed longitudinal data […]
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