Inspired by nature

Scientists this week have unveiled a brand new material that was inspired by nature and is thought to be the toughest, strongest ceramic-type material that has ever been made. This new invention was announced this week in the journal Science, by Robert Richie and his colleagues from the Lawrence Be...

The Pathway to Obesity

Scientists have found another chemical involved in obesity – one that could hold promise for preventing diabetes. Writing in the journal Cell Metabolism, the researchers (and there’s lots of them – from Louisiana state university, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Columbia University Medical Cen...

Turtles and tourism

Back into the marine world once more, with a story this week that has provided the first robust evidence that sea turtles are more successful at producing young when females lay their eggs on beaches that are untouched by human hand. That’s according to David Pike from the University of Sydney in A...

Lower dose vaccine does the job

When an epidemic looms, governments should stockpile vaccines.  That’s a no brainer, but what if you have little warning, or the cost or development times are prohibitive?  Research in PloS Neglected Tropical Diseases suggests that a mere fraction of a vaccine may give enough short term im...