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.
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.
New treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
Insulin, the hormone that keeps the level of sugar in the bloodstream within normal range, could be a potential therapy for Alzheimer’s disease.
Breakthrough for immune cells in fight against cancer
Killer T cells can share information to help them destroy invasive pathogens and cancer cells.
Over 130 brain diseases linked to synapse proteins
There are now over 1000 molecular suspects for brain diseases and some of them are “˜repeat offenders’. Scientists have analysed a set of proteins in the synapses within the brain that play a…
