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Mobile brain-training game improves the cognitive function of people with schizophrenia
People with schizophrenia often find studying and work difficult. The disease affects the way someone behaves, thinks, and sees the world, but next to this, it also leads to other cognitive impairments. People with schizophrenia are often forgetful and unable to concentrate. A new mobile Read More...
More evidence shows standing rather than sitting helps your health
More and more evidence is showing that it's healthier to avoid sitting too long and stand a bit more. Australian researchers have found that an extra two hours per day spent standing rather than sitting was associated with approximately two percent lower average fasting blood sugar levels and 11 Read More...
Rio's favelas to accommodate visitors to 2016 Olympics
With a year to go until Rio de Janeiro hosts the 2016 Olympics, a number of entrepreneurial favela residents have turned their homes into guesthouses. They’re taking more and more bookings for next summer's event, both from Brazilians and people from overseas. Spending the night in a shanty town Read More...
Research shows sleep makes our memories more available
A solid night's sleep is known to protect your memories from bouts of forgetfulness. Now we know it's making them more accessible, too. New is taking our understanding of the relationship between sleep and the brain's memory functions to the next level, exploring the idea that memories could be Read More...
Innovative eco-friendly wool treatment sets new standard for wool processing
A German-based producer of spun wool yarns has found a clean alternative for the chemical wool-treatment options used up until now. Instead of using water and chemicals like chlorine, the company can now use electricity and air. It is already said their example could set a new sustainable standard Read More...
Peppermint and cinnamon are effective wound healers and even beat “super bugs”
More and more bugs get resistant to all current antibiotics. That’s a scary perspective given the lives antibiotics have saved. A new study shows that natural treatments—like peppermint and cinnamon—can be as effective as antibiotics when it comes to cleaning bad wounds. And they can even Read More...
Study: Too much TV damages brain and raises risk of Alzheimer’s
More and more research shows that sitting is one of the unhealthiest daily habits. Even fierce exercising cannot repair the damage of sitting at your desk for eight hours or more every day and spending your evenings as a couch junky in front of the television. Now a new study suggests that watching Read More...
The future of these South Bronx neighborhoods is green, and filled with parks
Right now, South Bronx is one of the unhealthiest places in New York. It has high rates of asthma, diabetes and obesity, illnesses often related to poverty. We have known for a long time that your surroundings impact health, so that's why it's not good that currently, South Bronx is filled Read More...
Surgical glue inspired by mussels stops bleeding wounds in 60 seconds
Mussels can tightly bind themselves under water. Their "glue" works in wet environments making it ideal for healing bleeding wounds. That’s why scientists have studied mussels for years. A team of Korean researchers has now developed a surgical glue inspired by these natural wonders that in tests Read More...
A Honduran spring is happening, unprecedented anti-corruption movement growing
In one of the poorest countries in Latin America, young people are letting their voices be heard. They are tired of corruption and government scandals, and yearning for reform. For the past couple of weeks, Hondurans are flooding the streets with weekly torch marches against corruption and Read More...