Can the brain be trained to eat healthily ?
9-3-2014 |
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A new US study has suggested that the brain can be retrained to prefer healthy food over junk food.
Artificial humans to replace animal testing
9-1-2014 | 21
The practice of testing products on animals could be discontinued within as little as three years.
22% of energy now from renewable sources
8-31-2014 | 16
Almost a quarter of the world's electricity supply is now being produced from renewable energy sources.
Scientists email brainwaves 5,000 miles
8-30-2014 | 19
A new experiment has succeeded in sending a message from one brain to another across continents.
Giant 60ft walking robot to be built in Japan
8-30-2014 | 9
Fans of the popular Gundam franchise are to build a fully working scale replica within five years.
'Robo brain' could lead to a real-life Skynet
8-27-2014 | 19
An 'Internet for robots' has been developed to provide a global knowledge resource for machines.
'Pig perfume' helps stop dogs misbehaving
8-26-2014 | 20
A new type of fragrance based on the smell of male pigs has a remarkable calming effect on dogs.
Methane found leaking from sea floor vents
8-25-2014 | 25
Scientists have discovered several hundred vents pumping methane out from the bottom of the Atlantic.
Scientists grow entire organ in world first
8-25-2014 | 5
A complete and fully functional thymus has been grown from cells in a groundbreaking new experiment.
Physiologist built a brain scanner in 1882
8-23-2014 | 3
Angelo Mosso built a device to observe how the brain functioned by weighing a person's head.
Global warming slowdown could last 15 years
8-22-2014 | 97
Scientists believe that excess heat is currently being stored in the depths of the world's oceans.
Life found half a mile below Antarctic ice
8-21-2014 | 4
Researchers in Antarctica have revealed the discovery of a whole ecosystem living beneath the pack ice.
UK to trial self-driving lorries in 2015
8-20-2014 | 18
A new initiative could see convoys of automated lorries following a single driver in a lead vehicle.
World's largest swarm of robots created
VIDEO 8-17-2014 | 3
Roboticists have developed a vast swarm of robots that can work together to form two-dimensional shapes.
Iceberg aircraft carrier proposed during WWII
8-15-2014 | 10
Eccentric inventor Geoffrey Pyke came up with a number of unorthodox weapon concepts during the war.
New material enables water to flow uphill
8-11-2014 | 7
Scientists have developed a remarkable new magnetic microhair material inspired by animal hair.
Antarctic base suffers power outage at -55C
8-10-2014 | 6
The 13 staff members at Halley Research Station in Antarctica have been attempting to fix their heating.
Computer chip can think like a human brain
8-9-2014 | 17
IBM has developed a sophisticated new chip that works by simulating the neurons inside the human brain.
Scientists find microbes living in oil
8-9-2014 | 10
The discovery could mean that there is a chance of finding life on other worlds such as Titan.
Origami robot can fold itself and walk away
VIDEO 8-8-2014 | 9
Microrobotics engineers have built a robot that is both mobile and capable of folding itself in to shape.
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