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Credit: Martijn Hammers Seychelles warblers live and breed in family groups on the tiny island of Cousin. In each group,...

Females live longer when they have help raising offspring

Female birds age more slowly and live longer when they have help raising their offspring, according to new research. Female...

Medicine and personal care products may lead to new pollutants in waterways

Rutgers study shows how bacteria in wastewater plants transform widely used chemicalsCredit: Abigail W. Porter/Rutgers University-New Brunswick When you flush...

Mount Sinai and IBM researchers uncover key to greater efficacy in cancer treatment

Mitochondria are found to be associated with the effectiveness of oncological drug therapies New York, NY (March 21, 2019) --...

Analyzing a Facebook-fueled anti-vaccination attack: 'It's not all about autism'

Credit: Image appears with compliments from Elsevier PITTSBURGH, March 21, 2019 - Social media has given those espousing anti-vaccination sentiments...

Antibodies stabilize plaque in arteries

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found that type IgG antibodies play an unexpected role in atherosclerosis. A study...

Calling time on ‘statistical significance’ in science research

Credit: Pixabay Scientists should stop using the term 'statistically significant' in their research, urges this editorial in a special issue...

Low-cost and energy efficient recording of biodiversity soundscapes

Scientist unveil low-cost solution for an audio recorder in a wireless sensor network that records the ecosystem's soundsCredit: C.M. Leung...

Depression in 20s linked to memory loss in 50s, find Sussex psychologists

Credit: Amber John A new large-scale longitudinal study carried out by University of Sussex psychologists has found a clear link...

Affordable Care Act delivers significant benefits for women

A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine demonstrates the ACA's positive impact on healthcare affordability and access,...

Childhood adversity linked to higher out-of-pocket health care costs in adulthood

FINDINGS A study has found that out-of-pocket health care spending and medical debt are substantially higher when adults have a...

Immigrant women more likely to be overweight during pregnancy

A new study in the Journal of Public Health finds that women in Norway from immigrant backgrounds are more likely...

Research investigates impact of climate change on glacier-fed rivers in Peru

Remote communities in the Peruvian Andes depend on the water from melting glaciers and mountain ecosystems to provide them with...

Genetics Society of America awards 2019 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal to Daniel Hartl

Prize recognizes outstanding contributions to genetics research throughout careerCredit: Harvard University Daniel Hartl, PhD, of Harvard University is the recipient...

The Lancet: Experts set out targets to eliminate tuberculosis within a generation

Tuberculosis can be treated, prevented and cured, yet it kills 1.6 million people a year, more people than any other...

Solving the ‘Catch 22’ of rectal cancer

Credit: Noam Shemesh, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. Today's standard procedure to treat rectal cancer includes radical surgery to remove...

New treatment of acute myeloid leukemia achieves remarkable results in a disease formerly with little hope

The prognosis for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is poor: very few achieve remission and for those that...

UCLA researchers identify potential new combination treatment for pancreatic cancer

FINDINGS Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a possible new therapeutic strategy using two types of drug...

UCI engineers aim to pioneer tissue-engineering approach to TMJ disorders