Iranian researchers at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences plans to cure bacterial infection using solid nano-particles, a faculty member of the university said. The researchers have applied nano-technology for recovery of bacterial infection, designing a nano medicine-career which performed successfully on infections resistant against antibiotics, the Iranian students' news agency reported. Sedigheh Fazli-Bazaz, the lead author of the study, saidRead more

Scientists devised a way to ensure genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can be safely confined in the environment, overcoming a major obstacle to widespread use of GMOs in agriculture, energy production, waste management, and medicine. The Yale researchers rewrote the DNA of a strain of bacteria so that it requires the presence of a special synthetic amino acid that does notRead more

Bacteria communicate by means of chemical signals and can develop common characteristics through this "agreement" and also develop their potential pathogenic effects in this way. Scientists working with Dr. Helge B. Bode, an Merck-endowed professor for molecular biotechnology at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, and Dr. Ralf Heermann from the department of microbiology at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich,Read more

The amount of time a person sits during the day is associated with a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and death, regardless of regular exercise, according to a review study. "More than one half of an average person's day is spent being sedentary -- sitting, watching television, or working at a computer," said Dr. David Alter, Senior Scientist,Read more

 Iranian researchers at Shaheed Beheshti University designed Nano-absorbent separating chemical pollutants by high percentage. Sarah Karimi Behzad, a mineral chemistry student at the university and lead author of the study, said that the Nano-absorbent is separated from the environment in less than a second and can be reused, the Iranian students' news agency reported. The outcomes of the study canRead more

Research shows that less than half of the screen time for kids between ages 2-10 involves “educational” material. Parents should look for more positive and productive ways for kids to interact with devices. “Kids spend too much time on tablets and smartphones, not enough time outside!” “They are losing key skills because they are spending too much time on videoRead more

Iranian researchers at Semnan University, Central Iran, have designed and built a telescopic hiking stick generating electricity, using multi-layer piezoelectricity, an official at the university said. Davoud Maroufi, an official in charge of Science and Technology Park of the university, said the stick has been designed by two mechanical engineering students and a faculty member of the university, the IranianRead more

Researchers have grown human skeletal muscle in the laboratory that, for the first time, contracts and responds just like native tissue to external stimuli such as electrical pulses, biochemical signals and pharmaceuticals. The development should soon allow researchers to test new drugs and study diseases in functioning human muscle outside of the human body. The lab-grown tissue should soon allowRead more

 A good night's sleep is linked to better performance by schoolchildren in math and languages -- subjects that are powerful predictors of later learning and academic success, according to a study. The researchers reported that "sleep efficiency" is associated with higher academic performance in those key subjects. Sleep efficiency is a gauge of sleep quality that compares the amount ofRead more

New evidence suggests a human protein can build and edit other proteins. It's the first time the process has been observed by scientists. If the human system were a bee colony, proteins would be the worker bees -- industrious and versatile, capable of producing the body's vital materials. And if proteins are the worker bees, then DNA is the queen,Read more