High short-term risk of attempted suicide in teenagers following parents’ suicide attempt
A study of over 15,000 teenagers and young adults found the risk that young people attempt to commit suicide is highest within two years after a parent has received inpatient…
Smartphone app detects food allergens like peanuts
Researchers at the UCLA have created a smartphone app that detects food allergens in less than 20 minutes. In the US approximately 2% of adults and 8% of children have…
First Australian deaths from use of bath salts
A central coast truck driver, Glenn Punch, 44, and his girlfriend, Rachael Hickel, 42, injected a drug while in the cabin of his truck one afternoon two weeks ago; they…
Study provides definitive location of brain’s speech processing center
A new study reveals that the brains speech processing center is “miles away in terms of brain architecture and function” from where it was previously thought to reside, changing scientists’…
US researchers discover how teardrops destroy dangerous bacteria
A team of researchers at the US University of California, Irvine (UCI) have found exactly how antiseptic proteins in teardrops work to annihilate harmful bacteria. About a century ago Alexander…
If it’s not a war on Cancer, what is it?
President Nixon signs the National Cancer Act in 1971. Photo courtesy of the National Cancer Institute. It was President Richard Nixon's "Christmas gift…
What Research Should Be Secret?
Listen to the Audio JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight, just how much research about a deadly flu virus should be made available to the public? It's a question many are asking…
The Science of Snowflakes, and Why No Two Are Alike
Peer through a magnifying glass at a snowflake, and you'll see an ice creation more elaborate than anything Martha Stewart could cut…
L-arginine supplement has no advantages: Study
A study of the effects of popular supplement used by athletes, called L-arginine, shows the supplement does not provide any advantage for fit, athletic men. L-arginine is one of twenty…
Researchers shrink tumors and minimize side effects using tumor-homing peptide to deliver treatment
The trouble with most anti-cancer therapies is that they are lethal to most cells in the body, not just cancer cells. As a result, patients experience side effects like nausea,…