Biology

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (July 20, 2017) - While research has demonstrated the positive impact a woman's social support network...

Credit: Scientific Reports In 2014, a team of researchers led by a paleobiologist from the University of Missouri found that...

Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumours with a strong hereditary component. Half the genes whose alterations confer hereditary susceptibility...

Time is of the essence when treating a patient undergoing a heart attack. Cardiac surgeons attempt to quickly stabilize the...

Credit: The Biodesign Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 20, 2017) - Communities of cells communicate to coordinate their actions, but...

Credit: Source: IPC PAS An electrode brought to the surface of a liquid that contains microparticles can be used to...

Credit: University of Portsmouth, UK Whales, sharks, butterflies and lotus leaves might together hold the secret to saving the shipping...

Credit: Mortensen Lab, Penn State Vast swaths of Pennsylvania forests were clear-cut circa 1900 and regrowth has largely been from...

Many pregnant women undergo some form of prenatal testing before their children are born. The information that expectant mothers gain...

Annapolis, MD; July 19, 2017--Soon, the public health community will be better equipped to respond to outbreaks of diseases spread...

Credit: Penn State Given Pennsylvania's abundant natural resources, it's no surprise that the Commonwealth has become a mecca for hydraulic...

Credit: Kent State University The center of a public health debate is whether parents should have their children vaccinated. Tara...

Credit: NASA A growing number of commercial partners use the International Space Station National Lab. With that growth, we will...

Harvard scientists have gained new insights into how the brain networks important for thought and remembering are organized in individual...

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 19, 2017 -- Researchers have recently gained advanced understanding of a variety of processes through the information-theoretic...

Credit: Florida Museum/George Burgess GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Shark feeding habits are helping scientists identify marks on human bones found in...

A new research collaboration could significantly increase the quality and economic productivity of one of the UK's largest crop outputs,...

Credit: Boekhoven Lab / TUM Materials that assemble themselves and then simply disappear at the end of their lifetime are...

An evaluation of efforts designed to reduce how many sugary drinks we consume shows some success in changing younger people's...

When it comes to the current plans to retire U.S. power plants, Carnegie Mellon University researchers believe we are "running...