Archive: 15/05/2017

Study finds that oxytocin enhances conformity

Hope you were nice to your mom on Mother's Day, because it turns out she was right all along: Hanging out with the wrong crowd can lead you to make bad decisions, and for the first time an ASU researcher has proved it and ...

May 15, 2017

Scientists study fly to develop better hearing aids

Ormia ochracea's sense of directional hearing is second to none in the animal kingdom.

May 15, 2017

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Study suggests few developmental effects of television on five-year-old children

Researchers from Newcastle University and Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, found that children who watch less than three hours of TV a day when they start in primary school are more likely to communicate their ideas ...

May 15, 2017

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How El Niño forecasts can prevent cholera deaths in Africa

Since it first emerged from the Ganges River delta 200 years ago, cholera has killed tens of millions of people around the world. It causes acute diarrhea that can kill quickly without proper treatment. Before the 1970s it ...

May 15, 2017

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A new molecular mechanism related to epilepsy and intellectual disability

Epilepsy and intellectual disability, which usually have their onset during childhood, are in some cases linked to mutations in the gene KIAA1202, which contains the information to produce the protein Shrm4. An international ...

May 15, 2017

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Researchers build brain on a chip

ANU researchers have developed a suitable material to allow brain cells to grow and form predictable circuits, which could lead to the development of prosthetics for the brain.

May 15, 2017

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Helping drug users get back to work, not random drug testing, should be our priority

Drug testing people on welfare, as proposed in this year's federal budget, is a blunt way of tackling problems drug users face when looking for work.

May 15, 2017

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Study reveals prevalence of women with heart disease delivering babies is increasing

A study of more than 80,000 women with heart disease from 2003 to 2012 reveals that the prevalence of women with heart disease delivering babies increased by 24 percent over that 10-year period. This jump, reported in a Stony ...

May 15, 2017

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Augmented reality app to help people manage type 2 diabetes & high blood pressure

Augmented reality will be incorporated into a new customised app for people with high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes to improve their understanding of the multiple medications they must use to manage their condition.

May 15, 2017

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Researchers find lactose intolerance related to low vitamin D levels

New research from the University of Toronto shows that people genetically intolerant to lactose, the main sugar found in dairy, have lower blood levels of vitamin D than the general population.

May 15, 2017

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