Scientists Jeffrey Friedman of the United States and Douglas Coleman from Canada, who both have won many prizes for their discovery of leptin, could be candidates for the medicine award for 2011 Nobel Prize.
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GM Mosquitoes Offer Hope In Malaria Eradication
Scientists are closing in to change the DNA of wild mosquitoes in order to eradicate malaria.
Brain Scans Give Hope In The Early Diagnosis Of Alzheimer’s
Research published in Neurology showed parts of some patients’ brains had shrunk within ten years period before manifestation of Alzheimer’s would take place.
Yawning In Chimpanzees Is Not Just Sleepiness But Empathy – Study
New research at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, may help scientists understand empathy, the mechanism thought to underlie contagious yawning, in both chimpanzees and humans.
Is Dog Learning Of Words Have Some Bearing On How Children Acquire Language?
People sometimes project their expectation towards animals, specifically dogs and can easily persuade themselves the animal is achieving some human like feat when in reality it is simply reading hints unconsciously given by its master.
Conventional Way Of Learning Contradicted By Research
The idea that individuals have specific learning styles, that some are visual learners and others auditory while some are either ‘left brain’ or ‘right brain’, a team of psychologists found out that such idea does not seem to get support in a review made in the journal Psychological Science in the Public Interest.
Survey Discovers How Complex And Enormous Marine Life Underneath The Sea
A survey has been set out to find the unexplored depth of the ocean, of what it is in store for there now and in the future.
Mushroom Can Now Be Grown In Corn Cobs
Corn cobs can now be a better substitute in lieu of the usual materials of rice straw and banana leaves used in mushroom culture according to the research team from the Sultan Kudarat Polytechnic State College in Mindanao.
Is Attraction Of Opposite Gender A Matter Of Chemistry?
According to scientists, chemical known as pheromone is the reason why animals in the opposite sex attract each other.
Mangrove Barks Are Chief Source Of Tannin
The production of tannin have decreased tremendously due to the careless harvesting of mangrove tanbarks.