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Eight European countries have reported highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N8) viruses in wild birds, zoo birds and poultry holdings....

Credit: Dr Mauro D'Amato Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects a large portion of the general population. New research coordinated by...

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 21, 2016) - Our brains have a basic algorithm that enables us to not...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 21, 2016 - Most women don't know that having dense breasts increases their risk for breast cancer...

Credit: The State Library of Victoria Long-term weather data is the backbone of almost all research into climate change and...

Credit: EPFL Type-1 diabetes occurs when immune cells attack the pancreas. EPFL scientists have now discovered what may trigger this...

(Umea University) Researchers have found a strong association between El Niño-Southern Oscillation conditions in the Pacific to observed weather and...

DNA makes up only half of the material inside chromosomes -- far less than was previously thought -- a study...

Runners who wear trainers with no cushioning and land on the ball of their foot rather than the heel put...

A pioneering University of Liverpool research team have published a study that identifies the mechanism in the human body that...

Credit: UFZ / André Künzelmann Due to the burning of biomass and fossil fuels and, above all, due to agriculture,...

CHAPEL HILL -- Tobacco products like cigarettes and e-cigarettes are more appealing and are considered less harmful, especially to younger...

Credit: The Hospital Research Foundation. Researchers have made significant progress in the development of a potential vaccine to protect against...

Credit: Zhongxiang Zhao/University of Washington Most of the extra heat trapped by human-generated emissions is ending up in the oceans....

Credit: NEJM Group/JMRE NEJM Group, publisher of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), today took important steps to strengthen...

A recent study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that among users of antidementia drugs, persons using memantine have...

Credit: Advion Academics in the University of Surrey's Department of Chemistry have developed a new diagnostic test for cocaine and...

Credit: acib If there were no biotechnology, the world would stand still. "Biotechnologically derived drugs dominate therapy with eight of...

Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Australian and Irish researchers have gained previously unachievable insights into how the size...

Credit: Chao Zhou and Yevgeny Berdichevsky, Lehigh University Scientific progress has provided a solid understanding of the anatomy of the...