biology

Most Biodiversity Loss Due to Land Cleared for Meat Diets

Posted in Featured, Science on 11th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller

The livestock industry takes up a massive amount of land, leading to wide-scale biodiversity loss.

First evidence of the body's waste system in the human brain discovered

Posted in Medicine on 8th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller

By scanning the brains of healthy volunteers, researchers saw the first, long-sought evidence that our brains may drain some waste out through lymphatic vessels.

Researchers discover the key to long-term memory in the brain

Posted in Medicine on 28th Sep, 2017
by Alex Muller

It also opens the possibility of one day editing our memories.

Human brains connecting to the internet in realtime

Posted in Science on 16th Sep, 2017
by Alex Muller

Biomedical engineers at Wits are connecting a human brain to the internet in real time.

Study Investigates Vaccine and Oral Medication to Stop Alzheimers Before it Begins

Posted in Medicine on 15th Sep, 2017
by Alex Muller

Testing a new vaccine and oral medication that could delay or prevent Alzheimers disease from developing in those with a genetic predisposition.