In patients who experienced an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event (such as heart attack or unstable angina), use of the drug darapladib to inhibit the enzyme lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2…

Nano-robots have cancer in their sights. Credit: StephenMitchell/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND By Dr. Jason Liu, Monash University It sounds like a scene from a science fiction novel – an army of tiny…

Spend any time in American science media and you may find some of them are pretty far out of the political mainstream; so far out, they may not even be friends with anyone who has not always voted…

A new analysis of satellite data from the last 19 years reveals that fresh water from melting glaciers has caused the sea level around the coast of Antarctica to rise by 2 centimeters more than the…

Visible blood in urine is the best known indicator of bladder cancer but new research  finds that invisible blood in urine may be an early warning sign of bladder cancer.  Scientists at the…

Kell Brook and two of the Sheffield Hallam University team. Credit: Sheffield Hallam University. By Alan Ruddock, Sheffield Hallam University Amid all the flashing lights, it was a moment of sheer…

When we learn, we associate a sensory experience with other stimuli or with a certain type of behavior. The neurons in the cerebral cortex that transmit the information modify the synaptic…

Energy drinks can cause heart problems according to research presented yesterday at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2014 today by Professor Milou-Daniel Drici from France. During the two…

Image credit:  Peter Blanchard via flickr | http://bit.ly/1q1sNlt. Rights information: http://bit.ly/c34Awz By:  Benjamin Plackett,  Inside Science (Inside Science) -- It may be…

Checking for glaucoma. Image credit: communityeyehealth,  CC BY-NC By David Crabb, City University London Scientists have proposed a way to monitor glaucoma using a tiny device implanted in the…