French patients keep HIV at bay despite stopping drugs A small French study of 14 HIV patients who have remained healthy for years after stopping drug treatment offers fresh evidence that early medical intervention may lead to a "functional cure" for AIDS.
15 March 2013
What have we learnt from SARS? A decade ago, a highly contagious and deadly new illness sent people worldwide scrambling to cancel flights and holidays as schools closed and sales of surgical masks spiked.
10 March 2013
Shipwreck find could be legendary 'sunstone' An oblong crystal found in the wreck of a 16th-century English warship is a sunstone, a near-mythical navigational aid said to have been used by Viking mariners.
07 March 2013
Personality traits probed in high-res brain scans US researchers on Tuesday published incredibly detailed images of the human brain as part of an international project aimed at uncovering how brain architecture influences personality.
06 March 2013
HIV cured in baby for the first time: scientists Researchers said Sunday they had, for the first time, cured a baby born with HIV -- a development that could help improve treatment of babies infected at birth.
04 March 2013
New study links extreme weather to climate change Scientists said Monday they have identified a physical mechanism behind the extreme weather that has plagued many parts of the world in recent years -- and that it is tied to climate change.
27 February 2013
China's Geely to set up research centre in Sweden Chinese automaker Geely, owner of Sweden's Volvo Cars, said it would set up a research and development centre in the Scandinavian country to capitalise on advanced European technology.
21 February 2013
Zuckerberg, Brin join forces to extend life Famed founders of Internet rivals Google and Facebook joined forces on Wednesday to back big-money prizes for research aimed at extending human life.
21 February 2013
Lifelike ears created with 3D printing Researchers said Wednesday they had engineered artificial human ears that look and act like the real thing thanks to 3D printing, giving hope to patients missing all or part of their ears.
21 February 2013
NASA scrambles for better asteroid detection NASA, universities and private groups in the US are working on asteroid warning systems that can detect objects from space like the one that struck Russia last week with a blinding flash and mighty boom.
19 February 2013
US launches Earth observation satellite The United States launched its latest Earth observation satellite Monday, enhancing an array of orbiting eyes that help with everything from climate change study to urban planning.
12 February 2013
Bionic eye gives hope to the blind After years of research, the first bionic eye has seen the light of day in the United States, giving hope to the blind around the world.
Man will have smaller fish to fry, biologists warn As fish get smaller under Man's environmental impact, they become more exposed to predators, which means a crucial food source will become more endangered than thought.
DNA shows ancestry of present-day Asians, Native Americans Present-day Asians and Native Americans are descended from a group of people who were already in China 40,000 years ago, according to an analysis of fossil DNA published this week.
Obese likelier to die in car accidents: study Obese people face a much higher risk -- of up to 80 percent -- of dying in a car collision compared with people of normal weight, researchers reported Monday in a specialist journal.
Insulin breakthrough could see end to needles Breakthrough Australian research mapping how insulin works at a molecular level could open the door to novel new diabetes treatments, ending daily needle jabs for millions.
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