Category: 4. Health

Scientists in Switzerland have developed ultra-thin, graphene-based coatings capable of neutralizing dangerous hospital pathogens using nothing more than infrared light. In early testing, the material eliminated nearly all traces of one…

• The malaria parasite is packed with tiny crystals that spin nonstop, a strange behavior that puzzled scientists for decades.
• Researchers have now discovered that these crystals are powered by the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide, a reaction…

If you didn’t know what happened to Jordan, you might think he still lives in this house.

In Jordan’s bedroom, vines of plastic ivy hang like a curtain in front of the window. A stuffed Simba, the cub from The Lion King, sits on his bed. In…

Mark Holman was skinny and depressed when he was working a 9-to-5 job as an air quality engineering consultant in 2018. “I felt weak, like a boy,” says the 33-year-old New Orleans native.

Determined to turn things around, he spent the next few…

The study also found no…

Pythons follow the ultimate crash diet, swallowing an antelope in a single sitting and then going for months without eating. Now scientists have identified a molecule that appears to be crucial for this metabolic feat, and which they say could…