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Bad at maths? Try a zap to the brain

Applying electrical stimulation to parts of the brain may be a way to help people who struggle with maths.

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iol scitehc may 14 coronavirus
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First patient-to-nurse spread of SARS-like virus

Scientists are on the alert for any sign that nCoV is mutating to become easily transmissible to multiple recipients.

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iol scitech may 16 Stem Cells
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Experts closer to human cloning?

US scientists have succeeded for the first time in creating stem cells from cloned embryos.

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Cohen Kadosh and colleagues have published previous studies showing how other forms of brain stimulation can make people better at learning and processing numbers. Picture: Cindy Waxa

Bad at maths? Try a zap to the brain
May 17 2013 at 08:57

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In this undated file image released by the British Health Protection Agency shows an electron microscope image of a coronavirus, part of a family of viruses that cause ailments including the common cold and SARS.

First patient-to-nurse spread of SARS-like virus
May 16 2013 at 15:30

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This undated image made available by the Oregon Health & Science University shows a stem cell colony developed from cloned human embryos.

Experts closer to human cloning?
May 16 2013 at 09:13

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We have all experienced it. Is that person laughing with me or taunting me?

How to tell difference between laughing, taunting
May 15 2013 at 15:30

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A laser-etched lead crystal glass artwork by Katherine Dowson entitled Memory of a Brain Malformation. The act of exploring helps shape the brain and adventuring is what makes each individual different, according to a study.

Act of adventure ‘helps shape brain’
May 15 2013 at 09:31

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In this undated file image released by the British Health Protection Agency shows an electron microscope image of a coronavirus, part of a family of viruses that cause ailments including the common cold and SARS.

Coronavirus is mutating, says expert
May 14 2013 at 09:20

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Insecticide-treated bed nets are considered a central weapon in the global fight against malaria. Now scientists have found a way to infect mosquitoes with bacteria in order to break the chain of malaria transmission.

New findings could reduce malaria infection
May 13 2013 at 18:00

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French Social Affairs and Health Minister Marisol Touraine leaves Roger Salengro hospital in Lille, where the patient with confirmed case of the SARS-like coronavirus is treated.

Coronavirus can transmit from ‘person to person’
May 13 2013 at 09:42

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Alan Alda in a scene from MASH, a US TV series which followed a team of doctors in South Korea during the Korean War.

MASH star wants scientists to cut jargon
May 11 2013 at 09:00

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Researchers believe it will lead to the first drug to mend ailing hearts.

Vampire treatment that rejuvenates hearts
May 10 2013 at 08:56

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