Prescription stimulants like Adderall, Ritalin, and Modafinil are normally in application for the treatment of ADHD. However, they have turned into widely abused "study drugs" on high-school campuses.

According to a research carried out by a group of researchers from Australia's University of Western Australia and University Freiburg in Germany, it has been revealed that breast milk is capable enough to fight infections in infants.

In order to reach at the above given result, the study researchers recruited 21 breastfeeding mothers and their babies. All the infants were in the lactation stage, said the study researchers.

A Canadian team of researchers have successfully discovered bacteria that can live and grow in high Arctic permafrost at temperatures greatly below the freezing point of water.

The team has offered clues about the types of organisms that might exist in similar intense environments at some other place in our solar system.

According to a research, households that have dogs residing in them have more types of bacteria. Researchers have claimed the presence of bacteria including those that are rarely found in homes where dogs do not reside.

As per an international research, it has been revealed that a deadly strain of the bird flu named as the H7N9 is able to get transferred between certain animals through air.

Swiss researchers have revealed that they have discovered the impact of a longevity gene in mice. The results of the study are crucial in unlocking the riddle of aging, and subsequently extended the life-span of worms by 60% through basic antibiotic treatment.