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Science Weekly : Gut microbes to blame for weight?

November 12, 2014

Genetic makeup may influence whether we're thin or heavy, but not in the way we originally thought. Our genes may decide which types of microbes thrive in our bodies. People who contain an abundance of...

Science Weekly : Skin cells reprogrammed into brain cells

October 25, 2014

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri have found a way to battle the degenerative Huntington's disease. Huntington's disease is a disorder in which nerve cells in certain parts of...

Science Weekly: Blood test developed to diagnose depression

September 23, 2014

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed the first blood test that can diagnose major depression in adults. This new approach provides the very first scientific diagnoses for depression. Previously,...

Science Weekly : Mature cells reverted to stem cells now possible

September 20, 2014

Scientists at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have successfully reset adult human cells to the point of their best developmental potential. For the study, which was published in Cell,...

Science Weekly: Harvard builds first transformer robots

August 10, 2014

Researchers at Harvard University and collaborators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed robots that self-fold, take shape and crawl without any human help. These robots were...

Science Weekly: Scientists warn early stages of another mass extinction on Earth

July 25, 2014

Biodiversity on the planet is through trial and error. Species evolve and thrive while others go extinct. Scientists from all around the world published a new study in the journal Science that cautions...

Science Weekly: Scientists discover Earth-like soil on Mars

July 21, 2014

Recent images from NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover have revealed a different landscape than the usual loose rocks and layered soils. These new images suggest that Mars had a warmer and wetter landscape approximately...

Science Weekly: Study reveals truth in alcohol's cardiovascular benefits

July 13, 2014

A new study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine shows that consuming alcohol, even on a small scale, does not improve cardiovascular health as was once thought. Contrary to...

Science Weekly: Evolution of the ribosome revealed

July 7, 2014

The Georgia Institute of Technology has discovered how the ribosome originated and evolved. By digitally uncovering each layer of ribosomes in the modern day, scientists have been able to uncover some...

Science Weekly: 100-year-old drug reverses signs of autism in mice

June 22, 2014

There is a theory that autism is the consequence of abnormal cell communication, and new research is pursuing that theory in search of a treatment. Researchers at the San Diego School of Medicine have...

Science Weekly: New antibiotic could be more efficient in treatment

June 9, 2014

Researchers from Duke University School of Medicine  that a new antibiotic, Oritavancin, could be just as effective in a single dose as antibiotics that require two doses daily for up to 10 days in order...

Science Weekly: Researchers find gravitational waves from the Big Bang

March 22, 2014

Physicists have long speculated whether or not gravitational wave imprints could be detected in the cosmic microwave background, or CMB, which is the leftover light from the Big Bang. The CMB is the faint...

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