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A study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows that 6.5 million Medicaid enrollees (12%) lived in states...

Dr. Eric Ravussin of Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge was one of 38 scientists from five continents to...

Increasing ventilation in child-care settings may not always be effective at preventing flu virus spread, according to a new study...

(Memphis, Tenn. – August 6, 2024) To effectively treat a disease or disorder, doctors must first know the root cause. Such is...

or many plants, more branches means more fruit. But what causes a plant to grow branches? New research from the...

A new way to combat Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by Takaomi Saido and his team at the RIKEN Center...

A new UBC study has revealed regular seasonal shifts in people’s moral values.Credit: Evolutionary Social Cognition Laboratory at UBC A...

The chemical and energy industries depend upon catalysts to drive the reactions used to create their products. Many important reactions...

The Objective: Best Possible Catalytic PerformanceCredit: Photo: ITCP, KIT The Objective: Best Possible Catalytic Performance Noble-metal catalysts are used in...

Mayonnaise continues to help researchers better understand the physics behind nuclear fusion.Credit: Lehigh University Mayonnaise continues to help researchers better...

Rome (Italy), August 6, 2024 - At concerts, in stadiums, in nightclubs, or during group dances on the beach, what...

A paper out today in Nature Communications reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island...

Some believe the future of fusion in the U.S. lies in compact, spherical fusion vessels. A smaller tokamak, it is thought,...

Compared to other mammals, human children are dependent on their caregivers for a remarkably long time. Throughout the ages, they...

More than 1 in 4 people age 50 and older helps take care of at least one family member or...

Tropical waters are not as thermally stable as once thought. Ocean waters vary widely in temperature over space and time,...

Melanin protects the skin—the body's largest organ and a vital component of the immune system—from the damaging effects of ultraviolet...

University of Virginia assistant engineering professor Liheng Cai has earned the Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award from the National Institutes of...

Dartmouth researchers have developed a self-powered pump that uses natural light and chemistry to target and remove specific water pollutants,...

New findings on how sharks achieve drag reduction could inspire the design of riblets for more efficient aircraft and boats....