Existing drugs treat seizures in zebrafish

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Screening a collection of 2,000 biologically active compounds with two-day-old epileptic zebrafish has revealed 46 potential options for future epilepsy treatment. Continue…

Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:41 - 0 Comments

Science & Technology - Feb 11, 2013 13:43 - 5 Comments

For cheap solar cells, use ‘spray paint’

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Making solar cells with a process similar to spray-painting could significantly lower their cost and make them available to people in developing countries. (more…)

Heat stroke killing captive baby elephants

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — High temperatures and low rainfall brought on by climate change affect the survival of elephants working in timber camps in Myanmar and double the risk of death to the calves. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 11, 2013 17:36 - 0 Comments

Human enzyme could neutralize nerve agents

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — A new treatment tested in mice appears to neutralize the effects of chemicals that kill hundreds of thousands of people each year. (more…)

Science & Technology - Dec 21, 2012 7:12 - 0 Comments

Want the perfect Christmas tree? Do the math

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Hoping this will be your year for the perfect Christmas tree? (more…)

Health & Medicine - Dec 20, 2012 16:29 - 0 Comments

Male fertility linked to gender of siblings

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) / BROWN (US) — Scientists have found a correlation between the swimming speed of a man’s sperm and how many brothers he has. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Oct 10, 2012 12:47 - 1 Comment

Arctic shift may mean summer washouts for UK

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — The heavy rains the UK experienced this past summer could become a regular occurrence, according to a new study that links a change in summer Arctic wind patterns to global warming and an increase in unpredictable weather. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 4, 2012 6:08 - 3 Comments

In captivity, rare birds suffer empty nests

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Critically endangered birds often fail to reproduce in captivity or the wild, but new methods may make it easier for scientists to keep these species going. (more…)

Science & Technology - Sep 28, 2012 9:02 - 0 Comments

Clean clothes and the air in one easy step

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — A laundry additive that can be washed into clothes so the wearer purifies the air with every step could be available in just two years, researchers say. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 17, 2012 12:46 - 3 Comments

Human stem cells let deaf gerbils hear

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Scientists have turned human stem cells into ear cells, transplanted them into deaf gerbils and restored some of the gerbils’ hearing. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 27, 2012 11:48 - 0 Comments

Nano-scale analysis without the destruction

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — With a new tool, scientists can analyze nanostructures at an unprecedented level of detail without destroying them in the process, say researchers. (more…)

Wikileaks war logs predict Afghanistan conflict

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — With 2004-09 data from the Wikileaks Afghan War Diary, scientists were able to accurately predict 2010 armed opposition group activity. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jul 12, 2012 11:27 - 0 Comments

Urban noise makes birds bad parents

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Noise and industrial racket may make house sparrow parents less attentive, likely because they are unable to hear the hunger cries of their chicks. (more…)

Super tornadoes blast heat from Sun

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Super tornadoes in space—more than 1,000 miles wide and spinning at more than 6,000 mph—could help explain the extreme temperatures of the Sun’s atmosphere. (more…)

Despite advances, humans still evolving

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Humans continue to evolve and significant natural and sexual selection is still taking place in our species in the modern world, new research shows. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Apr 6, 2012 14:36 - 0 Comments

Permafrost thaw warmed prehistoric Earth

U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Carbon trapped in frozen Polar Region soil likely caused prehistoric global warming, not methane gas in ocean-floor sediments, as previously thought. (more…)