Number abilities in humans, birds and fish are based in brain’s…
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Cognitive neuroscience researcher Joonkoo Park at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who recently received...
Babies born big more likely to become obese as children, study finds
Credit: UVA Health System Infants born with a high birthweight are more likely to become obese as children, a new...
Osteopathic manipulation can improve pain in postpartum women
Preliminary results demonstrate that osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) helps reduce acute pain in postpartum women, regardless of whether they delivered...
Kansas State University researchers help with landmark study of wild wheat ancestor
Credit: Pat Melgares, Kansas State University, K-State Research and Extension MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State University scientists are part of...
Hibernation study yields insights about organ protection
Novel adaptations discovered in hibernating animals may reveal ways to mitigate injuries associated with strokes, heart attacks and organ transplants,...
Paper: Clinical signs best predictors of mortality in critically ill calves
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Clinical signs such as gastrointestinal problems or septic arthritis may be...
Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr named Dr. Mathilde Krim-amfAR Chair of Global Health
November 17, 2015 — The Trustees of Columbia University have approved a new endowed professorship in global health at the...
Scientists uncover route for finding out what makes individuals nice or nasty
A University of Exeter scientist has helped develop an innovative mathematical model for exploring why some individuals evolve to be...
The combination of two proteins exerts a regenerating effect in Parkinson’s disease
Credit: UPV/EHU Parkinson's disease is currently the second most widespread neurogenerative pathology. It is a motor disorder caused by the...
South African team performs second successful penis transplant
Credit: Stellenbosch University A team from Stellenbosch University (SU) and the Tygerberg Academic Hospital has recently performed a second penis...
ECDC report: 10-fold increase of hepatitis E cases in the EU/EEA in the last 10 years
Credit: ECDC/European Centre for Disease prevention and Control The incidence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has been steadily increasing...
Dinosaurs: Juvenile, adult or senior?
Credit: © Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn How old were the oldest dinosaurs? This question remains largely unanswered. The natural life...
Agricultural productivity drove Euro-American settlement of Utah
Credit: Courtesy Utah Division of State History On July 22, 1847, a scouting party from The Church of Jesus Christ...
What will emerging genetic tools for mitochondrial DNA replacement…
Sophisticated prenatal techniques, not yet in clinical practice, offer the potential to prevent a cruel multi-system genetic disease passing from...
Tigers, ready to be counted
Credit: Ullas Karanth / WCS (Bangalore, India (03/29/17) – A new methodology developed by the Indian Statistical Institute, and WCS...
NUS study: Older adults are good Samaritans to strangers
Credit: National University of Singapore People tend to become more generous as they age. This certainly holds true when it...
York U brain study on memory delay explains visuomotor mistakes
TORONTO, April 20, 2016 — Who will win the women's singles tennis title at the 2016 Rio Olympics this August?...
Two new crustacean species discovered on Galician seabed
Credit: José Antonio Peñas (SINC) The fauna of deep seabed tends to be relatively unknown due to the difficulty of...
Reversing the HIV epidemic: Europe needs to scale-up prevention, testing and treatment
Credit: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), 2017 In a two-day conference organised in collaboration between the Maltese...
Tufts University chemist, entrepreneur elected to National Academy of Medicine
Credit: Alonso Nichols, Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts (Oct. 24, 2016) — David R. Walt, Ph.D., has been elected to the...
