Category: Education
Now, mathematical formula to predict happiness
Scientists have used a mathematical equation to accurately predict the happiness of more than 18,000 people around the world. The equation was developed by researchers at UCL, with results showing that moment-to-moment happiness reflects not just how well things are […]
One third of the world’s hepatitis C genotype 1 carriers reside in East Asia
In one of the largest prevalence studies to date, research indicates that genotype 1 is the most prevalent hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype worldwide, with over 83 million patients infected. The study also found that one third of the world’s […]
Feeling stressed without your phone? You may be suffering from nomophobia
Do you constantly check your smartphone for notifications or find yourself unable to focus at work or at school without your smartphone? You are likely to be suffering from nomophobia, an abbreviation for no-mobile-phone phobia. According to The Telegraph, the […]
Why isn’t there a treatment or vaccine for Ebola?
In the four decades since the Ebola virus was first identified in Africa, treatment hasn’t changed much. There are no licensed drugs or vaccines for the deadly disease. Some are being developed, but none have been rigorously tested in humans. […]
Light at night may interfere with breast cancer drug
Light at night has already been widely linked to poorer sleep quality, but now even dim light is being shown to interfere with a breast cancer drug’s ability to do its job. So says a new study on rats out […]
NTU scientists up ante in malaria fight
Scientists in Singapore have discovered how the malaria parasite hides in the human body to avoid being hunted down, and a possible way to prevent this. This could lead to new and more effective ways to fight the infectious, mosquito-borne […]
If you can run for 5 minutes a day, you may add years to your life
People who jogged or ran for as little as five minutes a day reduced their risk of premature death by nearly one-third and extended their lives by about three years, according to a new study. Compared to those who didn’t […]
Your smartphone will soon analyze your DNA!
Researchers are developing new display sensors for smartphones that will read the user’s spit to not only detect the body temperature, but also analyze the DNA. Researchers from Polytechnique Montreal and Gorilla Glass manufacturer Corning, who are currently working together, […]
Study identifies genes linked to breast cancer in East Asian women
A new study in East Asian women has identified three genetic changes associated with increased risk of breast cancer. The research, led by Vanderbilt University investigators, was published online July 20 in Nature Genetics. While breast cancer is one of […]
Younger women more likely to die of heart attacks: Study
In the study, Gupta and her team analysed 230,684 hospitalisations for heart attack in patients age 30 to 54 in a national database from 2001 to 2010. Aakriti Gupta, an Indian-origin researcher at the Yale School of Medicine, has found […]
