A new study published on 13 February in Nature has demonstrated that persistent disruption to sleep increases white blood cell production causing damage to blood vessels (1). The researchers showed
Archive for February 2019
A recent study published on 13 February in Proceedings of the Royal Society A describes a novel device for generating energy from the sea by converting wave energy into electricity.
A new study published on 13 February in Nature suggests human cells could be reprogrammed to replace the insulin-producing cells destroyed by diabetes, offering a potential new treatment for the
A paper published on 11 February in Nature Geoscience has reported new estimates of the ice thickness distribution and the volume of present-day glaciers around the world (1). Based on
A new paper slated for publication in the April edition of the journal Biological Conservation has predicted that over 40 per cent of insect species are at risk of extinction over
A new study has refuted the old folk wisdom “Beer before wine and you’ll feel fine; wine before beer and you’ll feel queer.” Results of the randomised controlled trial published
Researchers may have discovered a drug that can reduce the ‘thirst’ of ravenous mosquitoes for several days. Findings of the new study were published on 7 February in the journal
Even with their miniature brains, previous research has shown that honeybees can understand the concept of zero. But what about basic arithmetic? A new paper published on 6 February in
Global trend towards a few high-value crop lineages could threaten sustainable agriculture
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A new study published on 6 February in PLoS One suggests a small number of crop species and lineages are dominating agricultural land around the world ― primarily at large
A large study of two European populations ― Belgian and Dutch people ― has discovered that several species of gut bacteria are missing in people with depression (1). The results