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Even a few nights with insufficient sleep promote molecular mechanisms linked to a greater risk of heart problems

Boiled coffee in a pot contains high levels of the worst of cholesterol-elevating substances

Scientists have discovered a new class of antibiotics with potent activity against multi-drug resistant bacteria, and have shown that it cures bloodstream infections in mice

HiPE – The High-Performance Erlang Project

Double risk of dementia after mouth ulcer virus: People who have had the herpes virus at some point in their lives are twice as likely to develop dementia compared to those who have never been infected.

Contraceptive pills increases by 73% women’s risk of developing depression during the first 2 years of use

Earliest Triassic ichthyosaur fossils reveal that the marine reptile survived the cataclysmic end-Permian mass extinction, ca

Mummification in Europe may be older than previously known. Mummification of the dead probably was more common in prehistory than previously known

CRISPR-Cas9, the “genetic scissors”, creates new potential for curing diseases; but treatments must be reliable

Small measures can be a big help for children of mothers with depression

A staged tag scheme for Erlang

Philippine ethnic group has most Denisovan DNA

Filipinos are descended from an ancient species of human beings who lived during the last Ice Age

3D map for inner ear created with advanced X-ray technology

A comprehensive study involving more than 250,000 women, shows that oral contraceptive use protects against ovarian and endometrial cancer

Large tides may have driven evolution of fish towards life on land

RISC OS and NetBSD running on the same SoC

General Balanced Trees (1999)

Solar energy can become biofuel without solar cells, reports scientists, who have successfully produced microorganisms that can efficiently produce the alcohol butanol using carbon dioxide and solar energy, without needing to use solar cells, to replace fossil fuels with a carbon-neutral product.

Practical Type Inference Based on Success Typings (2006)

Swedish researchers present model of the universe as an expanding bubble in an extra dimension

Gigantic mammal 'cousin' discovered - In the Triassic, mammal-like reptiles co-existed with ancestors to dinosaurs, crocodiles, mammals, pterosaurs, turtles, frogs, and lizards

Brain cells responsible for bravery found in the hippocampus, they are neurons that modulate risk taking behavior - Finding a pathway that modulates such behavior is important for treatment of pathological anxiety since reduced risk-taking behavior is a trait in people with high anxiety levels.

How sleep loss may contribute to adverse weight gain - Study finds a night of sleep loss has tissue-specific impact on the regulation of gene expression and metabolism in humans

Same Psychological Factors May Explain Violence Among Muslim and Western Extremists

Half-billion-year-old microscopic animal fossils found in Greenland

Viking Age script deciphered – mentions ‘Allah’ and ‘Ali’

Patients’ expectations influence the effectiveness of SSRI antidepressants

Newly discovered human-like footprints from Crete may put the established narrative of early human evolution to the test

New DNA evidence uncovered by researchers at Uppsala University and Stockholm University shows that there were in fact female Viking warriors

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