Study reveals lack of supporting evidence for claims about fertility treatments
Many claims made by UK fertility clinics about the benefits of treatments beyond standard IVF procedures are not backed up...
Rockefeller University’s Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D., named 2016 Vanderbilt Prize recipient
Credit: Mario Morgado/The Rockefeller University. Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D., whose innovative use of reverse genetics has helped redefine the study of...
NIAID-sponsored study to assess shorter-duration antibiotics in children
Physicians at five U.S. medical centers are planning to enroll up to 400 children in a clinical trial to evaluate...
Bullying rates remain higher for children with disabilities, even as they mature
COLUMBIA, Mo. - More than 22 percent of children ages 12-18 say they have been bullied in school within the...
Iraq-Afghanistan veterans with epilepsy more at risk of death
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, USA -- U.S. Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans (IAVs) with epilepsy were more than twice as likely...
Stem cells police themselves to reduce scarring, Stanford study finds
Treating mice with a compound that increases the expression of an inactive protein helped them heal from injury with less...
Study says CT use OK for some colon cancers, yet challenging for lymph node involvement
Leesburg, VA, Nov. 23, 2016 -- CT has good sensitivity for the detection of colon cancers with tumors that have...
RIT professor wins grants from the Moore Foundation
Rochester Institute of Technology professor Moumita Das has won seed funding for cutting-edge research that explores mitochondrial DNA and intercellular...
Warwick and Waitrose tackle global food security together
Food security is at the heart of a new doctoral training collaboration between the University of Warwick and Waitrose, thanks...
ADSA announces 2017 annual meeting symposia and workshops
Thanks to the hard work of the ADSA members who submitted proposals, the program committee chairs, and the chairs of...
Testing early warning signals for crises, in lakes
Wouldn't it be great if we could tell the state of an ecosystem or the like - whether it's healthy...
An exercise in good health
A new Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association led by Queen's University professor Robert Ross provides unequivocal evidence to...
How kids’ brains respond to a late night up
Any parent can tell you about the consequences of their child not getting enough sleep. But there is far less...
Pine product offers fresh take on fine chemical synthesis
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 28, 2016) - The goop from pine trees that contains compounds known as...
New finding about a protein that enables our brains and muscles to talk
Credit: Phil Jones, Augusta University Senior Photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 28, 2016) - A huge colony of receptors must be...
Engineering success
Credit: Sonia Fernandez If you're a college undergrad, you know full well your third year is your moment of truth....
NASA’s Aqua satellite sees remnants of Tropical Cyclone Tokage
Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Tropical Cyclone Tokage fell apart after crossing the Philippines and moving into the...
Secret phenotypes: Disease devils in invisible details
Loading video... Credit: Georgia Tech / Hang Lu When a microscopic lab worm grows an eye-popping oddity, scientists locate the...
Nano factories to prevent bacterial colonization
Credit: University of Konstanz The award ceremony will take place on Wednesday, 30 November 2016 at 16:00 in the university's...
Model could shatter a mystery of glass
Credit: (Video by Ge Zhang, Department of Chemistry) A glass is a curious material in between liquid and solid states...