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Science and Technology

A smartphone device has been developed that diagnoses cataracts at an early stage

The device is placed on the screen of a mobile device. A user familiar with the technology of its operation can give feedback to the program, which will determine the parameters of the lens opacity...
01 July 2011, 21:27

Chemical compounds used in cosmetics cause obesity

The obesity epidemic is not only due to unhealthy lifestyles, but also to chemical compounds used in common beauty products...
01 July 2011, 21:17

Vitamin D may protect women with previous skin cancer from developing melanoma

Taking vitamin D may protect women who have previously had skin cancer from a much more dangerous form of the disease, melanoma, a recent study has found...
01 July 2011, 21:10

Meat avoidance threatens early skin aging and reduced life expectancy

British scientists have found that a general refusal of animal products threatens premature skin aging...
28 June 2011, 21:30

Periodontitis leads to impotence

This is the conclusion reached by staff from Liuzhou Medical College during laboratory research...
28 June 2011, 21:23

Researchers have found the human immunodeficiency virus' weakest point

In the future, researchers want to find several more of these same weak points in the virus - and then it will be possible to develop a vaccine that really leaves HIV no chance...
22 June 2011, 14:17

Scientists have found a way to beat gray hair

Specialists from the New York University Medical Center have established that a special protein, Wnt, is responsible for the pigment state of hair...
20 June 2011, 19:00

A Vietnamese resident is reported to have a leg tumor weighing more than 80 kilograms

A Vietnamese resident has been diagnosed with a leg tumor weighing over 80 kilograms and measuring about a meter in diameter...
20 June 2011, 18:29

Homosexuality is innate.

The findings of brain studies of heterosexuals and homosexuals support the view of researchers who believe that sexual orientation is innate...
20 June 2011, 18:24

Sunscreen with a factor below 30 does not protect against burns and skin cancer

The UK's National Health Service (NHS) has recommended that citizens use sunscreens with sun protection factor 15 (SPF15).
03 June 2011, 00:10

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