Research announced today confirms that skin with cancer gives off a different odor than normal skin. This ScienCentral News video reports on the first odor profile for skin cancer and how it could lead to new cancer sniffing technology.

In this ScienCentral web exclusive Chef Suvir Saran, of New York City’s Devi restaurant, demonstrates how to use turmeric in a delicious recipe and defines what curry really is.

Could increased stomach feeding of patients with brain injuries increase their chances of survival? “Yes,” says one study just out, and neurosurgeons are responding to the results by literally rewriting the book on brain trauma.

Could an ingredient in curry reverse symptoms of diabetes and obesity? Researchers working with mice have found that it could.

We’ve all heard of fingerprints solving crimes, but how about “bite” prints? The technique has been around for a while, but hasn’t always been reliable. Now there’s a new approach to tackling bite mark evidence.

If you don’t like the hair you were born with, a scientific solution might be in the near future.

Scientists studying how the brain reacts to smoking are finding more evidence that nicotine and heroin have similar effects. Researchers at University of Chicago have found a part of the brain that responds to smoking and heroin in much the same way.

As the infamous Randy Newman song goes, “Short people got no reason to live.” Well, researchers now say some short people might actually be living longer, thanks to their genes. A gene that affects people’s growth might also help control aging.

Why do some people keep eating even when they have full tummies? Research using water balloons in the stomach may answer that question.

Researchers are developing a long-lasting way to relieve chronic pain with a single injection. The work so far has been done in rats, but researchers hope to one day offer it as an alternative when even strong drugs like morphine fail.