Category: Education
Air pollution exposure may elevate Hispanic babies’ obesity risk
A study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU Boulder), US, is the latest to suggest that exposure to toxic air pollutants during pregnancy may cause higher rates of obesity in Hispanic babies. The Hispanic population is […]
“Bionic” vulture is first bird to receive a permanent prosthetic foot
A groundbreaking procedure performed at the Medical University of Vienna (MedUni Vienna), Austria, has successfully created the world’s first “bionic bird” – the large bird of prey was given a new foot using the famed osseointegration (direct skeletal attachment) technique; […]
Miraculous bacteria reduces dengue cases by 77%
Using mosquitoes infected with a “miraculous” bacteria that reduces the insect’s ability to spread dengue, researchers in Yogyakarta city, Indonesia, have managed to cut down dengue cases by an impressive 77% in part of the city. The groundbreaking technique is […]
Bacteria in infected food may spread through sexual contact
A common foodborne infection – caused by the Campylobacteria – may also be spread through sexual contact, said infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. Katrin Kuhn, an assistant professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology in the Hudson College of Public […]
Scientists discover new method to boost muscle regeneration and rebuild tissue
One of the most obvious effects of aging is loss of muscle mass – scientists at the Salk Institute in California, US, may have found a way to overcome this problem and enable more effective tissue regeneration in aging adults […]
Enzyme regulation may protect the brain against oxygen deprivation damage
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), US, have identified an enzyme that may be a potential therapeutic target to protect the brain from oxygen deprivation damage, or hypoxia. Severe hypoxia may cause devastating side effects from a stroke or heart […]
Select cognitive exercises help children improve math skills
Visual memory and reasoning tasks helped children improve their math skills more than spatial rotation exercises, according to a recent study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The findings highlight that the type of training matters when it comes […]
Children develop different blood molecules to fight coronavirus infection
Most children are asymptomatic after confirmed infection with the virus that causes COVID-19, but about one in 1,000 children experience multi-system inflammatory response (MIS-C) for four to six weeks with symptoms including fever, abdominal pain with vomiting and/or diarrhea, rash, […]
