Every year a large group of people wait for the announcement of 5 Nobel Prize laureates in the field of physics, chemistry, medicine or physiology, literature & peace, and economic sciences. This year, the Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology…
Author: Lena Nowaczek
We live in a world where it is not possible to survive one day without the use of plastic. It is such a common material that it is probably safe to assume that at any given minute, everyone is wearing…
The prevalence of many civilization diseases is increasing. One of the most well-known of these is diabetes. The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that the prevalence of both type I and type II of diabetes increased from 108 million to…
The brain’s ability to control and regulate the gut using nerves and various signals is well established. However, scientists have recently discovered that this is not the only way in which those two systems in our bodies communicate. It turns…
Cloning is definitely one of the more popular themes in science fiction movies but with the recent progress in research, it has already turned into reality. Cloning is not a completely human-made process; there are many examples of it in…
Mutations in DNA are responsible for many genetic diseases and developing ways in which we could ‘reverse’ such changes has been on scientists’ radar for years. Thankfully, there was a breakthrough in this research area with the discovery of CRISPR-Cas9…
Recently we have heard a lot about viruses and the whole world has realized how dangerous they can be. But what about bacteria? With antibiotic resistance on the rise, bacteria can soon bring us more difficult problems to solve. What…
Around 3.8 million concussions occur each year and that’s only from sport-related injuries. Quite a lot right? If it is such a common injury, is there even anything to worry about? In this article, we are going to explore the…