Research

12/11/2014 - 14:19

Now there’s even more evidence that the neuro-revolution is on hold. Cliodhna O’Connor and Helene Joffe at UCL in London have just... →

08/11/2014 - 14:24

For outdoor air, the World Health Organisation says the safe exposure limit for PM2.5 particles is an average of 25 micrograms, or 25... →

03/11/2014 - 12:41

Research was hampered by the fact Wichmann did not speak Russian, and Bochkarev didn’t speak English. Wichmann’s wife translated part of... →

29/10/2014 - 15:45

Having a good education is an important requisite for finding a job. In Israel, 83% of adults aged 25-64 have earned the equivalent of a... →

25/10/2014 - 13:18

Cosmic confusion To get to the bottom of those feelings, one of the first questions is to find out what level of gravity is necessary to... →

20/10/2014 - 13:49

London ranked first, with 16.0 percent of respondents listing it as a top destination. New York was second with 12.2 percent. These two... →

16/10/2014 - 11:48

So what does make someone vulnerable? To look for answers to that question, Modic and his colleagues have quizzed thousands of people,... →

10/10/2014 - 21:17

What about life on Mars? Or any other planet? Other experts favour the idea of setting up home on firmer ground – a planet or moon –... →

06/10/2014 - 14:26

"We think loss of the sense of smell is like the canary in the coal mine," the study's lead author Jayant M. Pinto, associate professor of... →

02/10/2014 - 11:32

In 2003 a systematic review examined the research that had then been done. The results were mixed. Some studies found no difference between... →

27/09/2014 - 13:38

At the time I didn’t really care what organism I worked with, I just wanted to learn about mtDNA; of the various projects that Allan had... →

22/09/2014 - 12:38

Researchers collected body odor samples from the 21 deeply political cohort and asked the remaining 125 participants to sniff the samples,... →

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