Heatwave and climate change having negative impact on our soil say experts
The recent heatwave and drought could be having a deeper, more negative effect on soil than we first realised say...
A breakthrough for understanding GBM: Origin cells for deadly brain tumors identified
Credit: KAIST A new study by KAIST researchers identified where the mutation causing glioblastoma starts. According to the study, neural...
Clothing, furniture also to blame for ocean and freshwater pollution
Think summer holidays and you'll likely call up images of a beautiful beach or a glittering blue lake. But more...
Key piece identified for slowing a colorectal cancer subtype
Inhibiting the Jagged 1 protein in mice prevents the proliferation and growth of colon and rectal tumours. What is more,...
New study shows smoking can affect breastfeeding habits
Credit: UBC Okanagan Researchers have determined that new mothers exposed to cigarette smoke in their homes, stop breastfeeding sooner than...
Muscle ‘switch’ may control the benefits of exercise
Credit: Joslin Diabetes Center Communications Office BOSTON - (August 2, 2018) - Some people respond well to both aerobic exercise...
Study suggests obesity may also impact flu transmission, not just severity of illness
Obesity increases a person's risk for severe complications from influenza, including hospitalization and even death. It may also play a...
Maternal dengue immunity protects against fetal damage in mice following Zika infection
Credit: CC LA JOLLA, CA--Dengue and Zika viruses are closely related and carried by mosquitos. In infested subtropical and tropical...
Obesity extends duration of influenza a virus shedding
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Obesity, which increases influenza disease severity, also extends by about 1.5 days how long influenza A virus...
Fish reproduction: Two times a lady
Credit: Photo taken by Takafumi Fujimoto A DNA probing technique clarifies the mechanism behind clonal reproduction of female dojo loach...
UMN Medical School researchers study how cues drive our behavior
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- August 02, 2018 - Do dopamine neurons have a role in causing cues in our environment to acquire...
LSU health research discovers new link between hypoxia and blood clot risk
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Research led by Rinku Majumder, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry at...
Scientists develop novel drug that could potentially treat liver cancer more effectively
Credit: National University of Singapore A research team led by scientists from the Cancer Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at...
Scientists present concept for the elimination of traffic jams
In the current issue of Nature, the economists Peter Cramton, Axel Ockenfels (both University of Cologne) and R. Richard Geddes...
Broadband internet causes sleep deprivation, a new study finds
Credit: Paolo Tonato About 200,000 working days are lost in Germany every year due to insufficient sleep, with an economic...
Psychologists find that acting is the key to remembering tasks
Credit: University of Chichester Research explores prospective memory which reminds you to take action in the future Poor prospective memory...
Mapping blue carbon in mangroves worldwide
Credit: MIke Polito, LSU BATON ROUGE - Mangroves are tropical forests that thrive in salt water and are found in...
Study elucidates epigenetic mechanisms behind autoimmune diseases
Credit: Karina F. Bombonato-Prado (FORP-USP) A group of researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil used a...
Routine screening of relatives of aortic disease patients could save lives
Routine screening and genetic testing of the relatives of patients suffering from aortic diseases could save lives, new research has...
How do you assess pain in children who can’t express themselves? New research identifies priorities in identifying pain in nonverbal children with medical complexity
August 2, 2018 - Pain is a frequent problem for children with complex medical conditions -but many of them are...
