Researchers have published findings indicating that regardless of whether a woman delivers a child by cesarean section or by vaginal…
Gently stroking babies before medical procedures may reduce pain processing
Researchers found that gently stroking a baby seems to reduce activity in the infant brain associated with painful experiences. Their…
Researchers observe charge-stripe crystal phase in an insulating cuprate
Heating the surface of a cuprate high-temperature superconductor allowed a team of researchers to modify the material into an insulating…
Communication between neural networks
Researchers are proposing a new model to explain how neural networks in different brain areas communicate with each other.
New epigenetic cervical cancer test has 100 per cent detection rate
A new test for cervical cancer was found to detect all of the cancers in a trial of 15,744 women,…
Injection improves vision in a form of childhood blindness
A new treatment for patients with a form of congenital retinal blindness has shown success in improving vision, according to…
Do you know the carbon footprint of your food choices?
Consumers greatly underestimate the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions associated with their food choices, but they’ll favor items with…
Changes in agriculture could cut sector non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions by up to 50 percent
The agricultural sector is the world’s largest source of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions, and research has found that changing agricultural…
The impacts of whale shark mass tourism on the coral reefs in the Philippines
Whale shark tourism in Tan-awan, Oslob, Philippines has led to degradation of the local coral reef ecosystem.
Passive exposure alone can enhance the learning of foreign speech sounds
Ability to understand and subsequently speak a new language requires the ability to accurately discriminate speech sounds of a given…