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Ebola virus lifespan outside human body still a mystery
No one really knows whether the deadly Ebola virus can survive on glass surfaces or countertops and cause infection or…
Pill to help curb obesity might be on the horizon
Scientists have made a significant start towards creating an obesity pill. A team of researchers from Imperial College London have…
Brain creates separate memory maps for each place it sees
The research was conducted by scientists from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's (NTNU) Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience…
‘Technoference’: Eating away at romantic relationships
'Technoference' — seemingly small, everyday interruptions that come with smartphones and other devices — can hurt romantic relationships, a new…
Nanowires to help combat cell damage and ageing
Nanowires made of vanadia can reduce cell damage in the human body, researchers from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore…
Pluto-bound spacecraft to be woken from 9 year old hibernation to commence its mission
After nine years and a journey of 3 billion miles (4.8 billion km), Nasa's New Horizons robotic probe will be…
Europe give go-ahead to building mammoth telescope
The European Southern Observatory (ESO) said yesterday it would go ahead with construction of the world´s most powerful land-based telescope,…
Martian meteorite may have traces of extra terrestrial life
An international team has performed a detailed analysis of organic carbon traces from a Martian meteorite, concluding that life on…
Nasa’s Orion spacecraft to blast off today
The Orion spacecraft, designed to carry humans farther in deep space than ever before, is poised to blast off today…