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Biodiversity conservation saves species, but could be smarter
Posted in Featured, Science on 28th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
Billions of dollars spent on habitat and species conservation have resulted in substantial reductions in biodiversity loss.
Altered Gut Bacteria Linked To Alzheimers Disease
Posted in Science on 26th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
The gut microbiome content is extremely complex, harbouring more bacteria than there are human cells in the body.
Anti-obesity drug acts on brain's appetite control system
Posted in Medicine on 25th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
A drug that targets the appetite control system in the brain could bring about significant weight loss in people with clinical obesity.
Brain Stimulation can accelerate learning by 40%, could be common by 2023
Posted in Hardware on 24th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
Non-invasive transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) could increase performance of associative learning.
More acidic oceans 'will affect all sea life'
Posted in Featured, Science on 23rd Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
All sea life will be affected because carbon dioxide emissions from modern society are making the oceans more acidic, a major new report will say.