Health

New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health will receive $2.5 million to improve resilience and...

Credit: KU News Service photo A month before they are born, fetuses carried by American mothers-to-be can distinguish between someone...

Credit: Mount Sinai Innovation Partners Technology for identifying at-risk atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients was chosen as the winner of the...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 18, 2017 -- Battered and deep-fried chicken might be one of the most...

Credit: Professor Shinichiro Sawa The plant parasitic nematode is an agricultural pest that has no fundamental countermeasures and requires the...

Credit: ResearchersAgainstAlzheimer's LONDON, July 18, 2017 - Twenty-seven Alzheimer's drugs in Phase III clinical trials and eight drugs in Phase...

One of the central tenets of biology is that information flows from DNA to RNA in order to encode proteins,...

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Certain occupations may significantly contribute to mobility problems as workers age, contributing to income-based disparities in disability,...

Credit: Amy Shyer, UC Berkeley The rubber-like elasticity of skin, which contracts to its original shape after being stretched, is...

Credit: Image courtesy of Ned Wingreen, Princeton University Cells push out tiny feelers to probe their physical surroundings, but how...

The American Physical Society (APS) and IOP Publishing (IOPP) have signed up to the ORCID Open Letter, committing to collecting...

WASHINGTON - A new report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine proposes a strategy that the U.S....

A single amino-acid variation in a key receptor in whales may help explain why some species of cetaceans evolved sleek,...

Credit: LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio LSU researchers lead two of the four projects awarded funding today from the National Academies...

Credit: UT Arlington A new book, co-authored by a UTA researcher, empirically shows how badly sprawl affects health and other...

Cancer cells have an enormous need for oxygen and nutrients. Therefore, growing tumors rely on the simultaneous growth of capillaries,...

The ways in which negative attitudes about aging can affect people's health and quality of life are the focus of...

GALVESTON, Texas - What are the best ways to diagnose and manage asthma in adults? This can be tricky because...

Credit: Photo: team Gessler The blood-brain barrier is a crucial protection mechanism: It is a highly selective physical barrier that...

Arlington, Va., July 18, 2017 - You can lead a doctor to disinfection, but how do you get them to...