Tag: Study

A new study has found that some animal species in zoos, including elephants, socialised more with each other during public feeding times. Researchers studied over 100 research papers that examined how ...

Obese patients who undergo weight loss surgery may have improved cognitive function, according to a Dutch study. Researchers found that patients performed better on cognitive tests up to two years ...

A new study published in the journal Nature Medicine has linked the consumption of processed red meat, refined wheat and rice products with a rise in global type 2 diabetes ...

Taking sleeping pills could reduce the accumulation of toxic proteins responsible for Alzheimer's disease, according to a study by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis. Suvorexant, a common treatment ...

A new study by Nature has suggested that glaciers may well recede even faster than anticipated as the ice sheets increasingly melt. Previously thought to recede at a rate of ...

Scientists are re-creating the early universe using the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. This is allowing researchers to probe the properties of quark-gluon plasma, the fluid-like ...

A study by researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has suggested socially anxious women may benefit from sniffing the body odour of others. Armpit sweat was taken from volunteers ...

Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of synthetic compounds with a wide range of applications in consumer products, including non-stick coatings, stain-resistant coatings, and firefighting foam, are linked with decreased fertility ...

Flamingos form smaller cliques of friends within their larger flocks, according to a report published in the journal Scientific Reports. The study was carried out by researchers at both the University ...