Category: Education
Darkness Therapy may Help Restore Vision
In patients with visual disorder amblyopia, darkness therapy could help restore vision, say researchers. Amblyopia affects about four percent of the general population and is thought to develop when the two eyes do not see equally well in early life, […]
Powerful painkiller from cobra venom
SINGAPORE – Just one bite from a king cobra kills a fully grown man in hours. But the snake’s lethal venom could one day kill pain in humans instead. Researchers at the National University of Singapore have made a powerful […]
Scientists find surgery, cancer use for mussels
Mussels secrete a powerful adhesive to hold tight on rocks swept by violent waves – and a synthetic version could prove critical for surgery and cancer treatment, researchers said Saturday. Scientists have created materials that mimic the mussels’ sticky proteins […]
Music Lessons During Childhood may Speed Up Brain Development in Kids
A new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience reveals that giving music lessons to young children before they turn seven may help speed up their brain development. According to the study, conducted by researchers at Concordia University and McGill […]
Brain Cancer: Could Cellphones Be a Possible Cause For It?
The existence of more than 7 billion cellphones in use around the world leaves us with one question that lingers in our heads. How harmful are the radiofrequency emissions to our health? So-called observational studies, which have looked at large […]
Alcohol Abusers’ Depression Often Related to Drinking: Study
According to a study in the March issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs for problem drinkers, bouts of depressive symptoms are often the direct result of their heavy alcohol intake. Experts have long known that heavy […]
Artificial Sweetener and Table Sugar may Not Increase Fatty Liver Disease: Study
In humans, consumption of both high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and sucrose (table sugar) does not increase fat – a leading cause of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The findings also added to an already well-established body of science that […]
Study Says Fewer Men Leads to More Babies in Poor Areas
In poor communities, women who outnumber men are likelier to have babies at a younger age, shows study. The findings are a useful tool for understanding unwanted teen pregnancies, its authors believe. Researchers at Britain’s University of Portsmouth compared birth […]
Chocolates Bust Bad Mood
Chocolates contain a number of compounds that bust your bad mood and infuse energy, say researchers. It explains how a bar of chocolate contains hundreds of compounds, many with beneficial properties. For instance, it improve your mood, and not just […]
No Link Between Work Stress and Cancers: Research
Work-related stress is highly unlikely to be a cause for the development of colorectal, lung, breast or prostate cancers, say researchers. Around 90 percent of cancers are linked to environmental exposures, and while some exposures are well recognised (such as […]
