Tag: Research and Blogs Department

Climate change: a straightforward tale of a warming planet right? Not quite. Beneath the global narrative lies a puzzling anomaly — a vast stretch of the Pacific Ocean defying trends by cooling over the last 40 years.

A trip to the OB/GYN consists of many emotions, including anxiety in the case of prenatal testing. However, new noninvasive technology has been designed to test for inherited disease variants.

What are stem cells and why are they important? What role do stem cells play in regenerative medicine, and is it ethical to study them?

From crop circles to fairy rings, we have always been fascinated by geometric patterns in nature and often attribute them to the supernatural.

Understanding the history of the Earth has always been a challenge, one that geologists seek to overcome using evidence hidden away in the rock layers. However, geologists are currently presented with the unique instance of a geological unconformity that spans the continents.

Terminal lucidity is a phenomenon that can be seen in end-of-life patients who have dementia, traumatic brain injuries, and brain cancers. It can be described as a brief burst of mental clarity that spans one to seven days in patients near the end of their lives.

For most, the horrors and inconveniences of COVID-19 are becoming a distant memory. However, for the case of many who suffer from Long COVID, patients don’t see a recovery period. In fact, their symptoms only seem to get worse.