Mongooses remember and reward helpful friends
Credit: Shannon Wild Dwarf mongooses remember previous cooperative acts by their groupmates and reward them later, according to new work ...
Most vitamin, mineral supplements not shown to lower heart disease risk
Current research does not show enough evidence that vitamin or mineral supplements are beneficial for preventing or treating heart disease, ...
Sex hormone levels may affect heart disease risk in post-menopausal women
In post-menopausal women, having a higher blood level of a male hormone (testosterone) and a higher ratio of the male-type ...
Most popular vitamin and mineral supplements provide no health benefit, study finds
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, May 28, 2018 - The most commonly consumed vitamin and mineral supplements provide no consistent ...
The stick insects that survive being eaten by birds
Credit: Kobe University It's commonly assumed that when insects are eaten by birds, they and their unborn young have no ...
Virus genes from city pond rescue bacteria
A key question in evolutionary biology is how new functions arise. New research at Uppsala University, Sweden, shows that bacteriophages ...
China floods to hit US economy: Climate effects through trade chains
Intensifying river floods could lead to regional production losses worldwide caused by global warming. This might not only hamper local ...
Deciphering the language of cells using observation chambers
Credit: EPFL / this illustration will be used as the cover image of the forthcoming edition of Small Like humans, ...
Cell chat: Attacking disease by learning the language of cells
Credit: EPFL Breakthrough lab-on-a-chip technology that reveals how human cells communicate could lead to new treatments for cancer and autoimmune ...
Researchers identify the electrophysiological sign of cerebral infarction
Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have analyzed the underlying electrophysiological indicators of subarachnoid hemorrhage, the second most common type ...
Exposure of European children to electromagnetic fields is well below the maximum levels
Children in Europe are exposed to higher levels of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) in cities, but the total average exposure ...
NUST MISIS scientists’ anticancer drug doubles lifetime of sick animals
Credit: © NUST MISIS A research team from NUST MISIS and Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU) has successfully ...
Building bridges to fight diabetes
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Translational stem cell research for type 1 diabetes therapy is ...
The Mitral Valve Meeting is joining PCR London Valves Course in 2019
PCR London Valves, the Heart Team Course, welcomes the Mitral Valve Meeting (MVM) to reinforce the mitral and tricuspid tracks ...
Scientists discover why heart function is reduced at high altitude
Credit: Dr. Daniela Flueck, University of British Columbia Okanagan For over a century, we have known that high altitude reduces ...
Man against machine: AI is better than dermatologists at diagnosing skin cancer
Researchers have shown for the first time that a form of artificial intelligence or machine learning known as a deep ...
Is it ethical to use genealogy data to solve crimes?
1. Is it ethical to use genealogy data to solve crimes? Bioethicists suggest ethical considerations for forensic use of genetic ...
Limiting global warming could avoid millions of dengue fever cases
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C could avoid around 3.3 million cases of dengue fever per year in Latin America and ...
Homeless populations at high risk to develop cardiovascular disease
Among homeless individuals cardiovascular disease remains one of the major causes of death due to challenges in predicting initial risk, ...
Study identifies processes in the gut that drive fat build-up around the waist
Research by scientists at King's College London into the role the gut plays in processing and distributing fat could pave ...
