Medicine

Sweet, sweet medicine

Sweet news for those looking for an alternative to customary medicinal antibiotics. Honey, an ancient remedy for the treatment of infected wounds, has recently been rediscovered by the medical community.

Ultrasound could be the male pill

High frequency sounds waves stop sperm production. Is this the new vasectomy?

A Darwinian approach towards emotions?

Emotions are not as biologically “basic” as we might think.

Strawberries can save your stomach from alcohol

The compounds in strawberries may be the answer to stomach ulcers.

Upending physics? Spectacular aspects of neutrinos below, at, or above speed of light

A neutrino beam from one of CERN’s laboratories in Geneva, Switzerland, seemed to travel 0.0025 per cent faster through earth than the speed of light in a vacuum. Its final destination was the…

Vintage Science: A Giving Hand

The birth of the goodwill and health care giant: the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

No more fear of walking

Virtual reality could help Parkinson’s patients.

Rogue cells are eating our eyes

Identification of rogue immune cells has given macular degeneration sufferers hope.

New hope for coeliac disease sufferers

The first potential vaccine for coeliac disease has shown promise in the Phase I clinical trials.

Understanding how HIV evolves could lead to a vaccine

HIV is a slippery customer, but it’s being forced to change.

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