Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have found that they can use Twitter to accurately predict rates of heart disease in specific areas. Coronary heart disease (where arteries become clogged with fatty plaque, making it harder for blood to move around the body) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Risk factors include stress, a…

We usually think of IVF as being for people who are struggling to have children, not people who’ve decided they don’t want kids (or think they’ve had enough). But a new Australian study has found that women who’ve been sterilised and then undergo IVF have a similar chance of success as women who are having…

If you’re struggling to remember something, especially a stressful event, you’ll probably have more success if you’re not visually stimulated. That’s according to new research from the University of Surrey which found that people who witnessed crimes were able to remember the incidents more accurately and in more detail when they closed their eyes. Dr…

Many diabetes patients have to monitor their blood sugar daily, sometimes several times a day. But the standard finger prick test can be painful, which can put people off doing it every day, making it harder to keep their condition under control. A group of American scientists investigated other ways to measure glucose levels, and…

Scientists in the U.S have found that strands of DNA molecules can stick together 3D printed materials that could be used to make lab-grown organs and tissue. Andrew Ellington and colleagues from the University of Texas published their results in the American Chemical Society journal Biomaterials Science & Engineering. They found that coating polystyrene or…