Science and Technology

Scientists have discovered a protein that causes Alzheimer's disease

Long-term research by researchers from the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (USA), specializing in Alzheimer's disease, led them to the c-Abl protein, which scientists believe is one of the main causes of this severe neurodegenerative disease.

25 May 2011, 22:46

Scientists have created a cure for premature ejaculation

Recently, a representative of the American pharmaceutical company Ampio Pharmaceuticals proudly announced the successful completion of the last stage of clinical trials of the drug Zertane, which provides a man with the ability to have a long sexual intercourse.

24 May 2011, 21:02

Wireless technology can threaten the health of people and especially children

With children having thinner skull bones, radiation poses a greater risk to children during the process of developing nerve tissue. Therefore, children should use mobile phones or wireless technologies only when necessary, and not talk for long periods of time.

24 May 2011, 20:36

A stomach bacterium causes Parkinson's disease

Helicobacter pylori, which lives in the stomachs of almost half of the earth's inhabitants, modifies cholesterol in such a way that it causes the degeneration of dopamine-producing cells in the brain...

23 May 2011, 19:58

Cause of breast cancer resistance to chemotherapy found

Resistance to chemotherapy is one of the most difficult problems in modern oncology. Its severity is largely due to the fact that different types of cancer "get used" to drugs in different ways, and...

23 May 2011, 19:45

Scientists' prediction: nanorobots will defeat many diseases in the future

Professor of theoretical physics at New York University Michio Kaku is famous throughout the world for his bold predictions. He was the first representative of official science to defend such crazy projects as the creation of a time machine and a perpetual motion machine

22 May 2011, 12:41

Scientists will treat cancer with herpes virus

Combining traditional treatment with herpes virus treatment can achieve amazing results. How does this new drug work?

22 May 2011, 12:29

Cockroaches and locusts could become raw materials for antibiotic production

A group of scientists from the University of Nottingham (UK), led by Simon Lee, have found that cockroaches and locusts could be promising raw materials for the production of antibiotics.

21 May 2011, 11:25

Sexual orientation is revealed by vowels

We constantly talk to people we don't know, and only from this we form an opinion about the personal characteristics of the interlocutor - about his gender, age and sexual orientation...

19 May 2011, 08:23

A revolutionary discovery of "alternative hearing" has been made by American scientists

It turned out that a person can hear sounds bypassing the eardrum.

19 May 2011, 08:16