Irisin hormone exercise in a pill
Researchers have discovered a natural hormone that acts like exercise on muscle tissue—burning calories, improving insulin processing, and perhaps boosting strength, scientists hope it could eventually be used as a treatment for obesity, diabetes… [more]
Source : Technology Review
Tags: Bruce Spiegelman, Exercise in a pill, Irisin hormone
Dihydromyricetin or DHM ancient Chinese remedy make immune to alcohol
The chemical is extracted from an ancient Asian remedy – a seed first used as a hangover cure in the year 659. When given DHM, the rats could ‘handle’ their drink better. They took longer to get drunk, and seemed to sober up in about 15 minutes. Perhaps most importantly for medical professionals, the chemical seems to stop rats wanting to drink… [more]
Source : Daily Mail
Tags: Dihydromyricetin, hangover cure, Hovenia Dulcis
World’s oldest 99 year old divorcees
Italian couple are to become the world’s oldest divorcees, after the 99-year-old husband found that his 96-year-old wife had an affair in the 1940s. The Italian man, identified by lawyers in the case only as Antonio C, was rifling through an old chest of drawers when he made the discovery a few days before Christmas… [more]
Source : Telegraph
Tags: world's oldest divorcees
The Chinese Internet Water Army People Paid To Post On Websites
In China, paid posters are known as the Internet Water Army because they are ready and willing to ‘flood’ the internet for whoever is willing to pay. The flood can consist of comments, gossip and information (or disinformation) and there seems to be plenty of demand for this army’s services… [more]
Source : Technology Review
Tags: Chinese Internet Water Army
PGC-1 gene the secret to slowing human aging and fighting disease
Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and their collaborators found that tweaking a gene known as PGC-1, which is also found in human DNA, in the intestinal stem cells of fruit flies delayed the aging of their intestine and extended their lifespan by as much as 50 percent… [more]
Source : Salk Institute
Tags: PGC-1 gene
Lumineyes Dr Gregg Homer with laser treatment procedure to turn brown eyes blue
The treatment uses a laser to remove melanin, the brown pigment, from the upper layer of the iris, leaving the blue colour free to replace it within two to three weeks of the procedure. Dr Homer, a former entertainment lawyer, said the cosmetic operation would cost about £3,000 and could be available in countries outside America… [more] & [more]
Source : Telegraph & Daily Mail
Tags: Dr Gregg Homer, Lumineyes, treatment to turn brown eyes blue
Vesta The Asteroid That Has Mountain Taller Than Mt. Everest
A NASA spacecraft orbiting the asteroid Vesta is revealing new details about the huge space rock’s surface, including a massive mountain that rises taller than Mt. Everest on Earth.Vesta’s giant southern mountain is nearly as tall as Olympus Mons, the largest mountain (and volcano) in the solar system, which soars about 15 miles (24 kilometers) above the surface. On Earth, the largest terrestrial volcano is Mauna Loa in Hawaii… [more] & [more]
Source : Space.com & Scientific American
Tags: Vesta The Asteroid
Emotion detector new camera system as lie detector
A sophisticated new camera system can detect lies just by watching our faces as we talk, It successfully discriminates between truth and lies in about two-thirds of cases, said lead researcher Professor Hassan Ugail… [more]
Source : BBC
Tags: Emotion detector, Professor Hassan Ugail
Human derived gelatin made from human DNA
Successful experiments had been carried out in which human genes were inserted into a strain of yeast to “grow” large amounts of genetically engineered human gelatin, human-derived gelatin “could become a substitute for some of the 300,000 tons of animal-based gelatin produced annually for desserts, marshmallows, candy and innumerable other products… [more]
Source : Telegraph
Tags: human derived gelatin
North Icelandic Jet Current A Significant Influence To Climate Change
An international team of researchers has confirmed the presence of a deep-reaching ocean circulation system off Iceland that could significantly influence the ocean’s response to climate change in previously unforeseen ways… [more]
Source : Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Tags: North Icelandic Jet Current
Candle flame contains millions of tiny diamonds
The flickering flame of a candle has generated comparisons with the twinkling sparkle of diamonds for centuries, but new research has discovered the likeness owes more to science than the dreams of poets… [more] & [more] & [more]
Source : University of St Andrews & Telegraph & Daily Mail
Tags: Diamond particles in candlelight
Cognitive computers chips mimics the human brain
The machines built with these chips “cognitive computers” are able to learn through experience, find patterns, generate ideas and understand the outcomes, In building this new generation of chip, IBM combined principles of nanoscience, neuroscience and supercomputing… [more] & [more]
Source : Computing.co.uk & BBC
Tags: brain chips, IBM Cognitive computers chip
Suicide Gene Therapy Virus That Targets HIV
In what represents an important step toward curing HIV, a USC scientist has created a virus that hunts down HIV-infected cells. Pin Wang’s lentiviral vector latches onto HIV-infected cells, flagging them with what is called “suicide gene therapy” – allowing drugs to later target and destroy them… [more]
Source : University of Southern California
Tags: Aids cure, Professor Pin Wang, Suicide Gene Therapy
Germline cells artificial sperm created from stem cells
Fertility researchers created sperm-producing germ cells in a lab and transferred them into infertile mice, which after the treatment were able to produce healthy offspring. Scientists took stem cells from the embryos of laboratory mice and converted them into mature sperm cells, then used them to fertilise eggs and produced the healthy, fertile offspring… [more] & [more]
Source : Telegraph & Independent
Tags: Germline cells
Crop breeding to lower atmospheric CO2 levels
Breeding crops with roots a metre deeper in the ground could lower atmospheric CO2 levels dramatically, with significant environmental benefits… [more]
Source : University of Manchester
Tags: breeding crops with roots a metre deeper, Crop breeding
Warming Arctic releasing toxic chemicals trapped in the ice and cold water
Unknown amount of trapped persistent organics pollutants poses threat to marine life and humans as temperatures rise. The chemicals seeping out as temperatures rise include the pesticides DDT, lindane and chlordane as well as the industrial chemicals PCBs and the fungicide hexachlorobenzene (HCB). All of these are know as persistent organics pollutants (Pops), and are banned under the 2004 Stockholm convention… [more]
Soure : Guardian
Tags: Melting Arctic ice releasing toxins
APM 08279+5255 The Largest and Most Distant Reservoir of Water Discovered
Two teams of astronomers, each led by scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), have discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. Looking from a distance of 30 billion trillion miles away into a quasar—one of the brightest and most violent objects in the cosmos—the researchers have found a mass of water vapor that’s at least 140 trillion times that of all the water in the world’s oceans combined, and 100,000 times more massive than the sun… [more]
Source : California Institute of Technology
Tags: APM 08279+5255, Water is everywhere
Obama Fined by London Mayor Boris Johnson For Not Paying Congestion Charge
Barack Obama’s presidential motorcade has been fined for not paying the congestion charge in London. The American Embassy defended the refusal by US diplomats to pay the C-charge insisting it was “wholly in accordance” with the 1960 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which a spokesman said “prohibits the imposition of this sort of tax on diplomatic missions… [more]
Source : London evening standard
Tags: Obama Fined for London Congestion
Canadian super bees to circumvent world food crises
Using Canadian bees as prototypes for the master bee race, the researchers have been shipping queen bees from mite-resistant hives to the other end of Canada. The travel ensures “disease pressure” and supposedly leaves behind the strong survivors. These Canadian bees are also more winter resistant compared to European honeybees who survive with only 46% of their population intact… [more]
Source : Digital Trends
Tags: Canadian super bee
The Google effect on memory or forgetting things we are confident to find on the Internet
Since the advent of search engines, we are reorganizing the way we remember things,” said Sparrow. “Our brains rely on the Internet for memory in much the same way they rely on the memory of a friend, family member or co-worker. We remember less through knowing information itself than by knowing where the information can be found… [more]
Source : Columbia University
Tags: Betsy Sparrow, Google Effects on Memory
Aspirin and Ibuprofen increase risk of irregular heart rhythm by up to 40 per cent
A new study has shown for the first time a connection between the drugs and atrial fibrillation, also known as irregular heart rhythm or flutter. People who had recently begun using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), which include ibuprofen and aspirin, were found to have a 40 per cent higher chance of flutter, equivalent to about four extra cases per year per 1000 people… [more]
Source : Telegraph
The Job of Rufus the hawk to frighten the pigeons from Wimbledon courts
Rufus is an American Harris Hawk who even has his own pass allowing him access to the All England Club. His job is to clear Centre Court and the surrounding area of the pigeons, tempted by discarded food, who might become a nuisance during the tournament… [more]
Source : BBC
Tags: Rufus the hawk frightens away any pests
Monkeys are sensible to advertising
Two New York advertising executives learned that captive monkeys understand money, and that when faced with economic games they will behave in similar ways to humans… [more]
Source : New Scientist
Tags: advertising campaign for non-human primates
Andrei Finkelstein humans to encounter extraterrestrial civilisations within twenty years
The genesis of life is as inevitable as the formation of atoms . Life exists on other planets and we will find it within 20 years,” said Andrei Finkelstein, director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Applied Astronomy Institute… [more]
Source : Guardian
Tags: Alien civilisations wil be discovered within two decades
Stress hormone ghrelin leads to high calorie comfort foods when stressed
Bingeing on sugary or fatty foods has long been thought to be connected to stress or anxiety, with around two-fifths of people believed to overeat when under pressure. U.S. researchers have pinpointed stress hormone ghrelin as a possible cause… [more]
Source : Daily Mail
Tags: stress hormone ghrelin lead to comfort eating
Eight-week diet cure type 2 diabetes
People who have had obesity-related type 2 diabetes for years have been cured, at least temporarily, by keeping to an extreme, low-calorie, diet for two months, scientists report. Eleven people with diabetes took part in the study, which was funded by Diabetes UK. They had to slash their food intake to just 600 calories a day for two months. But three months later seven of the 11 were free of diabetes… [more] & [more]
Source : Guardian & BBC
Tags: Low calorie diet cure type 2 diabetes, Two month extreme diet can cure type 2 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes can be reversed
Eating foods containing fat substitutes contribute to weight gain
Researchers found provocative evidence that eating foods containing fat substitutes not only doesn’t aid weight loss but may actually contribute to weight gain. The idea that eating foods made with fat substitutes instead of real fat can aid weight loss has fueled some food manufacturers’ efforts to provide such foods in recent years. That phenomenon runs parallel to the idea that eating foods made with artificial sweeteners can keep weight in check. The same research team that conducted this new rats/fats study had done research, with similar findings, into rats’ reactions to artificial sweeteners. In short, they found, eating foods sweetened with saccharin and the like can lead to weight gain and boost body fat… [more]
Source : Washington Post
BioBolt translate thoughts into movement
A brain implant developed at the University of Michigan uses the body’s skin like a conductor to wirelessly transmit the brain’s neural signals to control a computer, the implant is called the BioBolt, and unlike other neural interface technologies that establish a connection from the brain to an external device such as a computer, it’s minimally invasive and low power… [more]
Source : University of Michigan
Tags: BioBolt Non-invasive brain implant
With protein wnt grey hair could be restored to its natural colour
Scientists have got to the root of grey hair – paving the way for locks that retain the lustre of their youth well into old age, in a series of experiments, they have identified a protein called ‘wnt’ found to be vital to the production of colour in hairs… [more]
Source : Daily Mail
Tags: protein wnt keep colour of hair
The number 39 car license plates prejudice in Afghanistan
No one is quite sure why the number became so contaminated so fast, but Kabul gossip blames a pimp in neighboring Iran, which shares a common language with much of Afghanistan. Drivers of cars with number plates containing 39, bought before the once-harmless double digits took on their new meaning, are mocked and taunted across Kabul… [more] & [more]
Source : Msnbc & BBC
Tags: Cars with license plates bearing number 39
A pill from Thymosin Beta 4 protein to heart repair itself
Researchers succeeded in transforming a new type of stem-like cell in the adult heart, into heart muscle in mice. the heart has dormant repair cells in its outer layer that may be re-activated. They restored the EPDCs’ embryonic potential by treating the healthy hearts of adult mice with a peptide molecule called thymosin β4 (Tβ4). This appeared to ’prime’ the heart for repair. When damage to the heart occurred, a booster dose of Tβ4 was given, and this sparked the EPDCs to transform into new heart muscle and integrate with existing healthy muscle… [more]
Source : University College London
Tags: thymosin Beta 4 a pill to repair heart, thymosin β4, Tβ4
Ursolic acid in apple fight fat boost muscles reduce blood sugar levels
Researchers have discovered that ursolic acid – a substance found in the peel – has natural body building qualities and could help people keep a toned, slender body. n experiments they discovered that it boosts muscle growth by up to 15 per cent and reduces body fat by more than a half… [more]
Source : Telegraph
Tags: Ursolic acid, Ursolic acid in apple keep a toned slender body
Red Color Enhances Physical Reactions Make React Faster
A study finds that when humans see red, their reactions become both faster and more forceful. And people are unaware of the color’s intensifying effect. The findings may have applications for sporting and other activities in which a brief burst of strength and speed is needed, such as weightlifting. But the authors caution that the color energy boost is likely short-lived... [more]
Source : University of Rochester
Tags: Red Color Increases the Speed and Strength of Reactions
Merlin’s tomb Marlborough Mound date back to 2400 BC
Radiocarbon dating tests were carried out on charcoal samples taken from Marlborough Mound, which lies in Marlborough College’s grounds. Silbury Hill, an artificial man-made mound about five miles away, also dates back to 2,400 BC… [more]
Source : BBC
Tags: Marlborough Mound built in 2400 BC
After swine flu vaccine Pandemrix Narcolepsy cases rising
Ninety-three people in Sweden, most of them children, have been diagnosed with narcolepsy since taking the swine flu vaccine Pandemrix. Since August 2010, at least 12 countries have reported cases of narcolepsy, particularly among children and adolescents, after receiving a swine flu, or H1N1, vaccine… [more]
Source : The Local
Tags: flu vaccine Pandemrix causes Narcolepsy
Metyrapone reduces the brain’s ability to re-record the negative emotions
Recalling painful memories while under the influence of the drug metyrapone reduces the brain’s ability to re-record the negative emotions associated with them. New research shows that recalling painful memories while under the influence of the drug metyrapone reduces the brain’s ability to re-record the negative emotions associated with them… [more]
Source : University of Montreal
Tags: Metyrapone, Metyrapone Drug May Help Overwrite Bad Memories
Donkey milk to lose weight and protect your heart
Researchers have found that milk from donkeys, which was still being drunk in Victorian times, contains less fat and is more nutritious than cow’s milk. They also found that it be a natural protection to the heart as it contains omega three and six fatty acids, similar to fish oil, which reduce cholesterol… [more]
Source : Telegraph
Tags: Ass milk to lose weight
Piracy Attack Risk Surface PARS tracks pirates on high seas
The U.S. Navy has developed a new weapon in the war against pirates, a sophisticated computer model that combines weather, ocean currents, shipping routes and classified intelligence data to predict where modern-day buccaneers may strike next. Naval researchers update the anti-pirate program every 12 hours with new data about winds, wave heights and undersea currents — all factors that affect the pirates’ ability to operate small skiffs to attack commercial ships. The model, known as the Piracy Attack Risk Surface (PARS), also uses classified reports about pirate whereabouts from captured sailors or unmanned drone aircraft patrolling the skies… [more]
Source : Msnbc
Tags: PARS Anti-pirate software tracks pirates on on high seas, Piracy Attack Risk Surface
Synthetic conolidine from the crepe jasmine pain killing analgesic
Scientists have for the first time accomplished a laboratory synthesis of a rare natural product isolated from the bark of a plant widely employed in traditional medicine. The rare natural product central to the study is derived from the bark of a widely grown tropical flowering plant Tabernaemontana divaricata (also known as crepe jasmine). Long part of traditional medicine in China, Thailand, and India, extract from the leaves has been used as an anti-inflammatory applied to wounds, while the root has been chewed to fight the pain of toothache… [more]
Source : The Scripps Research Institute
Tags: analgesic from Tabernaemontana divaricata, pain killing analgesic crepe jasmine, Synthetic conolidine
Vitamin D sunshine boosts the quality of sperm
A study of 340 men found that vitamin D, produced by the body when exposed to the sun, boosts the quality of sperm. They become better at swimming towards the egg, have greater speed and are more penetrative… [more]
Source : Daily Mail
Tags: Sunshine Vitamin D boosts sperm quality
Theatrophone in 1892 to hear live music via phones was possible
The July 2, 1892, Scientific American Supplement reported on the use of a device called the theatrophone that had been in use for 2 years already in Paris. The basic idea was to be able to call into a theater and hear live music being played. One could either subscribe to receive the service in home or utilize one of the theatrophones set up in various locales such as hotels, restaurants, vestibules, and cafes throughout the city… [more]
Source : Scientific American
Tags: Theatrophone
Electric Potential Sensors EPS How To Date A Fingerprint
Experiments involving EPS scaled down to microscopic level showed that it might be possible to accurately date and identify the electrical imprint left behind in a fingerprint without interfering with any other evidence the fingerprint might reveal. The sensors work by detecting extremely low-frequency electrical activity over a distance of 5 microns… [more]
Source : University of Sussex
Tags: accurately date and identify fingerprints, Electric Potential Sensors
Statistical technique inflates predictions of species disappearances
Two ecologists have poked a hornet’s nest by contending that a long-overlooked flaw in one form of analysis has inflated estimates of looming species extinctions. Outspoken ecologists have already dismissed the work as technical quibbling that threatens to distract attention from the most cataclysmic loss of biodiversity in at least 65 million years… [more] & [more]
Source : Ucla & Science News
Tags: Global Warming, Statistical analysis has inflated estimates of looming species extinctions
The Amondawa Amazonian tribe has no abstract concept of time
The Amondawa lacks the linguistic structures that relate time and space – as in our idea of, for example, “working through the night”. The study, in Language and Cognition, shows that while the Amondawa recognise events occuring in time, it does not exist as a separate concept… [more]
Source : BBC
Tags: Amondawa tribe has no abstract idea of time
Milky Way galaxy may be filled with millions of Jupiter sized planets wandering in space
The Milky Way galaxy may be filled with millions upon millions of Jupiter-sized planets that have escaped their solar systems and are wandering freely in space. The finding “is a revelation in the sense that it looks like a quintupling of the number of gas giants in the universe… [more]
Source : Los Angeles Times
Tags: Jupiter-sized planets more numerous than believed
Vibrating ear bones could make superhuman hearing possible
Experiments suggest that just vibrating the ear bones could create shortcuts for sounds to enter the brain, thus boosting hearing. Twenty kHz would sound like a very high-pitched mosquito buzz, and 20 Hz would be what you’d hear if “you were at an R&B concert and you just stood next to the bass… [more]
Source : National Geographic
Tags: superhuman hearing