The collaboration of Anglo-American John O’Keefe and the Norwegian Couple May-Britt and Edvard Moser has proven remarkable on several occasions. However, on Monday, the scientists were awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for Medicine for their discovery of an internal positioning system in the brain which helps humans find their way but which also provides clues as to how Alzheimer’s and strokes affect … [Read more...]
Scientists Found Brain Switch which puts on and Off Human Consciousness
Scientists have been trying for long to figure out how exactly consciousness works and the concept behind it. A brief communication published on Epilepsy and Behavior, suggests that scientists from George Washington University might have accidentally discovered what they call an "on/off switch" for human consciousness. The scientists claim to have discovered the area of the brain that controls … [Read more...]
CDC: 75 Scientists Possibly Exposed To Anthrax
As many as 75 scientists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta may have been exposed to dangerous anthrax bacteria because of a safety problem at one of its labs. Agency officials at the U.S. federal government labs say the risk of infection is low but that all of the potentially affected staff members are being monitored or given antibiotics as a precaution. The … [Read more...]
Scientists to Save Unusual Coral Found in Miami, Dredjing Project to Resume
An unusual hard coral from an unlikely underwater garden was found at the bottom of one of the world’s busiest shipping area. This coral might be holding clues about how sea life adapts to the climatic changes and that’s why this coral is now growing in Government Cut. This channel was created more than a century ago that connects Port Miami. Currently, the channel is undergoing dredging … [Read more...]
Immunity, WBC count improves by Two Days Starving or Fasting
Fasting or starving is often followed by teens, especially by girls, to shed extra flab. However, the practice is discouraged by the nutritionists and health experts. But a new study has underlined the positive aspects of starving. According to a recent study, fasting helps in improving our immune system by regenerating White Blood Cells (WBCs), essential for fighting diseases and infections. … [Read more...]
Forest Fire reveals info on ecology before extinction of Dinosaurs
A research team has uncovered the first fossil-record evidence of forest fire ecology that happened towards the end of the Cretaceous Period, about 66 million years ago in southern Saskatchewan. The new discovery has made crucial revelations about the ecology and climate on the Earth just before the mass extinction of the dinosaurs. The findings were made during an expedition in southern … [Read more...]
Vegetables Eating Problems in Children Prevention from Scientists
A new study carried by the researchers at University of Leeds Children has found that eating problems in children, like eating new vegetables, can be easily avoided if they are offered to them regularly before the age of two. According to the study researchers, fussy eaters can also be encouraged to eat more veggies if they are offered them five to 10 times. For the study, the research team … [Read more...]
NASA’S WISE suggests unified Doughnut theory insufficient to decipher black holes
NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has surveyed more than 170,000 supermassive black holes and found that the galaxies whose black holes are hidden from view tend to be clumped together. With the new finding, the astronomers are reexamining a decades-old theory about the varying appearances of these interstellar objects. The unified theory of active supermassive black holes, … [Read more...]
Malaria vaccine Development based on blood protein raises hopes
A new vaccine for killer malaria is in the offing as the American scientists are carrying research on children in Tanzania to develop a drug that will make children immune to the mosquito bitten disease. Following analysis of blood samples of 1,000 Tanzanian toddlers, researchers at the Brown University's medical school found that six percent of those children produce an antibody that attacks … [Read more...]
‘Fairy Circles’ in Namibia Weren’t Created by Termites
Fairy circles are circular barren patches of dirt, typically found in the grasslands of the western part of Southern Africa. They are most prolific in Namibia, but are also present in Angola and South Africa. The rings, which are found in the arid grasslands of Namibia, can grow as wide as 65 feet and last for more than 75 years. For several decades scientists are making an effort to come up … [Read more...]
