Researchers assessed how experience with dogs affects humans’ ability to recognize dog emotions. Participants who grew up in a cultural…
Antibiotics: New substances break bacterial resistance
Researchers have developed a new, promising class of active ingredients against resistant bacteria. In initial tests in cell cultures and…
An exception to the rule: An intact sense of smell without a crucial olfactory brain structure
A handful of left-handed women have excellent senses of smell, despite lacking olfactory bulbs.
Potential vitamin and Alzheimer’s drug produced in yeast
Scientists prove that ergothioneine, an important compound that may be used to delay the onset of diseases such as Alzheimer’s…
Aging in good health: The inequalities are widening
Life expectancy in Switzerland has been growing steadily for decades. But have these additional years been spent in good health…
First adult molars are ‘living fossils’ that hold a ‘health record’ dating back to the womb
Researchers have found that a person’s first permanent molars carry a life-long record of health information dating back to the…
Ultra-Black Is the New Black
Scientists are setting dark traps from which light cannot escape. But nature already has built a few of her own.
Ultra-Black Is the New Black
Scientists are setting dark traps from which light cannot escape. But nature already has built a few of her own.
Genetic diversity facilitates cancer therapy
Cancer patients with more different HLA genes respond better to treatment.
Drug discount cards could actually cost patients more
New research reveals that brand-name drug discount cards are leading to higher health care spending in Canada — increased costs…