Treatment hope for killer pregnancy condition
(May 11)
Pre-eclampsia, a condition that kills thousands of women and babies every year, may be treatable with a chemical found naturally in the body
Rats feel peer pressure too
(May 11)
It's not just humans who succumb to peer pressure – brown rats too will disregard personal experiences and copy the behaviour of their peers
Stigma helps AIDS flourish in Russia
(May 11)
Homophobia and the stigmatisation of people with HIV and AIDS are hampering efforts to tackle the spread of infection in the countries of the former Soviet Union
Scanning corpses reveals killer's fingerprints
(May 10)
The corpses of murder victims can now betray the identity of their killers, thanks to a technique that can capture fingerprints left on a body
Sea changes could warn of
(May 9)
In the movie, the world froze when the "ocean conveyor belt" turned off – now scientists say they could forecast any slowdown of the crucial current