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Component Of Red Wine, Grapes Can Help To Reduce Inflammation
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A component of red wine and grapes can help control inflammation induced by a bacterial pathogen that is linked to upper respiratory tract...
The spice of life: cinnamon cools your stomach
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Adding cinnamon to your diet can cool your body by up to two degrees, according to research published today.And the spice may...
Study of North Atlantic Ocean reveals decline of leaded petrol emissions
A new study of lead pollution in the North Atlantic provides strong evidence that leaded petrol emissions have declined over the past few decades.
For...
One fly to rule them all: Flies are the key pollinators of the High...
Flowers of Mountain avens (Dryas) in front of Zackenberg, Northeast Greenland.Credit: Mikko Tiusanen
Forget the view of the Arctic as an icy desert devoid of...
Antibiotics developed in 1960s show promise for TB therapy
First generation cephalosporins -- antibiotics introduced as a treatment against bacterial infections in 1963 -- now show promise for tuberculosis (TB) therapy, according to...
Depression in pregnancy increases risk of mental health problems in children
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Depression in pregnancy increases the risk of behavioural and emotional problems in children, says a new review published in The Lancet Psychiatry.
The authors...
A perfect sun-storm
Visualization of Earth's magnetic environment, with the magnetic field as a protective shield, generated by the strong internal magnetic field in Earth's core (for...
British researchers use cosmic “dust-buster” to test theoretical calculations
The solar system is a dusty environment, with trillions of cosmic dust particles left behind by comets and asteroids that orbit the sun. All...
Region of the Americas is declared free of measles
Measles is the fifth vaccine-preventable disease to be eliminated from the Americas, after the regional eradication of smallpox in 1971, poliomyelitis in 1994, and...
Scientists visualise quantum behaviour of hot electrons for first time
Professor Richard Palmer, from the University of Birmingham, with the Scanning Tunnelling Microscope. Credit: Michelle Tennison
Scientists have, for the first time, identified a method...
Unusual Martian Region Leaves Clues to Planet’s Past
A map of Mars that includes the unually high elevation region LSU researchers are studying called Thaumasia Planum. Credit: Wikimedia
Researcher Don Hood from LSU...
