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Doctors have developed a new technique with which to tackle the problem of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
At the moment when a patient is diagnosed with an STI there follows a laborious contact-tracing process intended to track down, warn, test and treat other partners who might be at ris...
As the childhood saying goes, “he who smelt it, dealt it”, and we’re all familiar with that unpleasant whiff of rotten eggs, the ‘pleasant’ perfume released by breaking wind. This is the gas hydrogen sulphide at work.
But now a team of researchers has shown that this whiffy gas plays an important r...
US scientists have made an extraordinary discovery with a roll of sticky tape.
By placing the spool in a vacuum and unrolling the tape with a motor they produced a burst of x-rays. Writing in this week's Nature UCLA scientist Carlos Camara and his colleagues describe how they made the discov...
No longer the domain of science fiction, researchers at Medical College of Georgia in the US, have found a way to selectively wipe memories from the brain. So far they’ve only got this working in mice, which is a relief for us all.
It all centres on a molecule called calmodulin-dependent protein ki...
Here at the Naked Scientists we’re all pretty warm-hearted people, but now researchers at Yale University have shown that it might be down to our choice of drinks rather than our nice personalities.
This photograph shows a glass of latte macchiato, which is a hot beverage made from steamed mi...
