Month: June 2017

Some bodily activities, sleeping, for instance, mostly occur once every 24 hours; they follow a circadian rhythm. Other bodily functions, ...

Credit: Bryon Veilleux. Boulder, Colo., USA: A new field guide in conjunction with GSA's Rocky Mountain Section meeting offers five ...

CHICAGO (June 6, 2017): Major complications from injury--and consequently a longer hospital stay--are more likely for pediatric and elderly patients ...

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 6, 2017) - With age, the form and function of our bones and muscles ...

Credit: L. Alferink and S. Darwish Murad Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 6, 2017 - Chronic liver diseases rank as the ...

Credit: Johns Hopkins University When trying to be heard over noise, humans and animals raise their voices. It's a split-second ...

Before new nanoparticles or other nanomedicines can be injected into the human body, a whole series of tests must be ...

Researchers at the University of Turku, Finland, have developed a synthetic material based on the natural hackmanite mineral which produces ...

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - The power of friendship gets stronger with age and may even be ...

Although influenza vaccines are currently the best forms of protection to safeguard people against getting the flu, they are not ...

A new special issue from Future Science OA examines novel organ-on-a-chip research and provides expert insight into the future of ...

Oxford University Press is pleased to announce its partnership with the British Society for Rheumatology to publish a new, peer-reviewed ...

The promising drug is known as F8-TNF. When injected into the bloodstream, it lures killer cells from the body's immune ...

Credit: Johan Wingborg A newly discovered mechanism behind reduced insulin production in type 2 diabetes is now being presented. In ...

Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center The study tested the efficacy of tildrakizumab, an antibody that targets only a very ...

The 2017 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to five scientists for transformative discoveries in the field of cancer ...

University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have discovered that loss of muscle stem cells is the main driving force behind ...

Oldenburg/Bremerhaven (Germany), 6th June 2017. It is only six centimetres long, but it plays a major role in the Antarctic ...

The cell surface of a common soil bacteria (Streptomyces sp.) is not only hydrophobic but it protects the organism from ...

Credit: Brian W. van Wilgen Along with urban and agricultural encroachment and pollution mitigation, managing invasive alien species is a ...