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If you are always losing your keys in the morning or walking out of the house without your mobile phone, sleep deprivation could be to blame. A study has found a lack of sleep makes us feel foggy for a reason: brain cells lose their ability to communicate with each other when we’re tired. A study published in the journal ... Read More »

Researchers have found a new and effective method to acquire viable cells from cryopreserved tissue samples, which could help researchers to collect and analyse samples from different study sites to conduct more centralized research. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic disease that causes pain, stiffness, swelling, and limitation in the motion and function of multiple joints. Though joints are the ... Read More »

The missile was fired across the southern border with Yemen by Houthi rebels towards one of the kingdom’s major airports on the outskirts of the capital, according to Houthi-owned media outlets, including Al-Masirah and SABA. Saudi Arabia’s air defense forces on Saturday evening intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Yemen toward the kingdom’s international airport near the capital, Riyadh, state ... Read More »

People who enjoy spicy foods tend to eat less salt and have lower blood pressure, according to a study. Blood pressure has been linked to the amount of spicy foods people eat. Those eating more spicy foods appear to eat less salty foods. Reducing the amount of salt in the diet also reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes. ... Read More »

A new research has found that inserting stents into arteries of hundreds of thousands of heart patients each year to relieve chest pain may be a waste of time, and its effectiveness might be due only to the “placebo effect.” In the study, 200 patients were either given stents or a placebo surgery as if they were receiving a stent, ... Read More »

A University of Guelph scientist is the first to discover the type of stem cell that is behind the gecko’s ability to re-grow its tail, a finding that has implications for spinal cord treatment in humans. Many lizards can detach a portion of their tail to avoid a predator and then regenerate a new one. Unlike mammals, the lizard tail ... Read More »

Jacob Thompson was diagnosed with Stage 4 High Risk Neuroblastoma in February of 2014 when he was just 5 years old. Amazingly, Jacob is now 9 but the family says his time is limited and he won’t be leaving the hospital. Jacob was admitted to the Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon, on 11 October 2017. Considering how little ... Read More »

A new study shows a connection between taking a moment to look at something from the natural environment and personal well-being. A UBC scientist says there’s truth to the idea that spending time outdoors is a direct line to happiness. In fact, Holli-Anne Passmore says if people simply take time to notice the nature around them, it will increase their ... Read More »

We tend to think of our bones as just scaffolding, holding up our droopy flesh and preventing it from flopping into a slimy, messy blob on the floor. But our bones, and more specifically the cells that produce them, play a far more active role in our bodies than we generally consider. In a new research, scientists have finally figured ... Read More »

Russians who snapped up the new iPhone X devices following Friday’s launch have already started reselling them on the internet. “Since eight in the morning, those who got the brand new iPhone X devices from the Apple Store and official retailers, have already presented around 50 of them on the Yula free ads website,”. “The average price for the 125GB ... Read More »

The Facebook owned messaging app, WhatsApp, crashed earlier today around the world. DownDetector, a website which tracks connectivity of websites and online servers, indicated that major problems are currently spreading across Europe. It claimed that the outages first started at approximately 7:10. There has been no official confirmation from WhatsApp. Read More »