Celebrating coffee’s intangible pleasures, Alberto Caiola translates coffee’s aromatic vapors into a sculptural ceiling that is the centerpiece for this café in Shanghai. Gently sloping away from the counter, the striking installation becomes at once canopy and stage for baristas to perform their art. Dark in color, the ceiling’s ‘fumes’ ... Read More »
FRIDAY, July 29, 2016 — Serious pregnancy complications are more likely when women are carrying baby boys, new research suggests. After analyzing more than half a million births in Australia, researchers said the baby’s gender could be linked to the health of both mother and child. “The sex of the ... Read More »
FRIDAY, July 29, 2016 — Nearly one-third of women who have infertility treatments get pregnant naturally within a few years of stopping treatment, a new study suggests. Researchers conducted an online survey of 403 women who had infertility treatments called assisted reproductive technologies (ART), such as in-vitro fertilization. Ninety-six women ... Read More »
Mazi – in Greek means together and the designers from Gasparbonta had done precisely that: brought together a rich material palate and eclectic fujyn of modern and classy, simple and gorgeous in this Greek cuisine restaurant located in Budapest, Hungary. The material palate is rich and entwines stone and ... Read More »
Chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes are made worse by inflammation, but researchers suggest eating nuts at least a few times a week could reduce inflammatory biomarkers. Eating a few servings of nuts per week, or replacing meats or grains in some meals with nuts, may ... Read More »
Although the new 2016 is approaching rapidly the designer’s trends and specific stylistic of this year are so distinctive and with such richness of expressions, that no matter how many articles about the trends we research and publish there always will be something more to be said. And keep in ... Read More »
FRIDAY, July 29, 2016 — A new study finds that monkeys can acquireStaphylococcus aureus bacteria from people. Many deadly diseases in people originally came from animals, but this study shows that dangerous pathogens can also move from people to animals, the researchers said. The investigators discovered that certain strains of ... Read More »
What is it about garden rooms that is so universally appealing? We’re getting excited just thinking about the prospect of a secluded little spot somewhere – outdoors yet sheltered; removed from the house, yet familiar. We would even go so far as to say there is something rather primal about ... Read More »
Sweet peas are the 1930s debutantes of the flower world. Their soft frilly blooms come in ball gown shades of cream, pink, soft blue and purple. Plunge your nose into a bunch and you feel like a drunken bee, hit with their heady honey-like fragrance. One of the nicest things ... Read More »
A patch delivering one, two or three types of colon cancer treatment could make surgery for the disease unnecessary, according to researchers who developed it. Gene therapy, chemotherapy, thermal ablation, or a combination of the three, can be delivered by a hydrogel patch, a method shown to shrink tumors in ... Read More »
Concluding her series on garden designers, Clare Foster visits Isabel and Julian Bannerman in the grounds of Trematon Castle, where they have created a lush Cornish garden filled with colour and evocative scents A remarkable garden has emerged: romantic, intriguing and exciting, the sort of place that brings out the ... Read More »
Continuing her series on planting plans, Clare Foster calls on the expertise of Cleve West, who has designed a textured border for a gravel courtyard, with drought-tolerant plants that require minimal care. Cleve West is exhibiting again at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, where he has designed the M&G ... Read More »
