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People affected by a stroke are often unable to use their arm at all or only to a very limited extent according to the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences located in the German city of Leipzig. (MPI CBS/Newsflash)

Electric Brain Shocks Could Help Stroke Victims Recover Say Scientists

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:April 7, 2022

German researchers have discovered that paralysed stroke victims could recover significant mobility after receiving electric current to their brains Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain…

Granaries of the First Intermediate Period (between 2180 and 2050 BC) in the ancient Egyptian city of Kom Ombo. (OAW, Niki Gail/Newsflash)

Archaeologists Discover Well Preserved Storage Silos In Ancient Egyptian Town

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:March 31, 2022

Austrian archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old administrative centre with over 30 storage facilities that ancient Egyptians used to stock grain. The team of researchers from the Cairo branch of the…

A picture of the Amazon rainforest. (Ivars Utinans, Unsplash/Newsflash)

Study Warns Amazon Is Near Tipping Point Of Transitioning From Rainforest To Savanna

Post author:William McGee
Post published:March 11, 2022

Researchers analysing changes in vegetation biomass have warned that the Amazon rainforest risks transitioning to savanna, with dire consequences for global warming. The vast Amazon rainforest covers 2,100,000 square miles…

DNA analytics in the lab. (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology/Newsflash)

Chunk Of DNA Inherited From Neanderthals Makes Humans More Likely To Get COVID But Less Likely To Get HIV

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:March 7, 2022

A piece of DNA that many humans have inherited from the Neanderthals makes it more likely to get a serious bout of COVID-19 but 27 percent less likely to get…

A picture of the smallest battery in the world is smaller than a grain of salt produced by the research team led by TU Chemnitz. (TU Chemnitz, Leibniz IFW Dresden/Newsflash)

Researchers Develop Worlds Smallest Battery Which Is Tinier Than A Grain Of Salt

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:March 4, 2022

What is apparently the world's smallest battery, which is the size of a grain of salt and which can be used to power surgical implants and micro-robots, has been developed…

Artistic image of Abditosaurus kuehnei,the new species of dinosaur discovered in Lleida, Spain. (ICP/Newsflash)

Dinosaur Remains Believed To Be Europes Most Complete Titanosaur Discovered Near Pyrenees

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:February 24, 2022

A new species of dinosaur has been discovered near the Pyrenees and its fossilised remains have been deemed to be the most complete in Europe. The excavation, which was overseen…

The dog next to bench its owner died on outside a medical centre, in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, on 1st February. (CEN)

Loyal Dog Sits By Dead Homeless Owners Side On Bench Outside Hospital

Post author:Lee Bullen
Post published:February 20, 2022

These images show a loyal dog sitting by its dead owner's side after the homeless man passed away on a bench outside a hospital. The moving scene took place outside…

The smallest known land snail Angustopila psammion which was discovered by German researchers. (Senckenberg/Newsflash)

Research Sensation As German And US Scientists Discover The Worlds Tiniest Land Snails In Vietnam

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:February 17, 2022

German and US researchers have discovered two incredible snails - one of which is smaller than a grain of sand and believed to be the world's tiniest land snail, and…

Remains of unborn children and pregnant women found in Hospital de San Roque, in Puebla. (INAH/Newsflash)

Remains Of Aborted Babies And Man Who Met Violent End Found In 16th Century Mexican Hospital

Post author:William McGee
Post published:February 9, 2022

Archaeologists working on a 16th-century hospital in Mexico have discovered several human remains including pregnant women, their unborn children and at least one man who met a violent death. Archaeologists…

The transformation of indigenous symbols into Vai letters. (Momolu Massaquoi (1911)/Newsflash)

Experts Study Rare African Parchment In Search Of Clues About The Evolution Of Writing

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:January 25, 2022

Experts have studied a rare African parchment in their search for clues about the evolution of writing, which they say has evolved "to become simpler and more efficient". The Max…