A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
Lemon juice for Norovirus Infection
Citric acid may prevent the highly contagious norovirus from infecting humans, scientists discovered from the German Cancer Research Center. Therefore, lemon juice could be a potentially safe and practical disinfectant against the most common pathogen…
Intractable pain may find relief in tiny gold…
Scientists have developed a technique that could lead to therapies for pain relief in people with intractable pain, potentially including cancer-related pain. A team of scientists at Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS)…
Searching big data faster
Theoretical analysis could expand applications of accelerated searching in biology, other fields. [caption id="attachment_5930" align="alignnone" width="639"] Illustration of points in an arbitrary high-dimensional space that live close to a one-dimensional, tree-like structure, as might arise…
Across Asia, Rapid Economic Growth Threatens Biodiversity
[caption id="attachment_5922" align="alignnone" width="640"] FILE - A bed of corals off Malaysia's Tioman island in the South China Sea[/caption] Bangkok, Thailand—Asia's rapid economic growth in recent decades has lifted millions of people out of poverty,…